A. J. M. Schelwald-Van Der Kley (Lida), Linda Reijerkerk

eBook, ePUB

Water: A way of life (eBook, ePUB)

Sustainable water management in a cultural context

Beschreibung

"Water: a way of life" takes the reader on a water journey through time and across the worlds continents. Along the way it explains the past and present ways in which different cultures around the world, both traditional and modern, view and manage water in response to the distinct environment they inhabit. A better understanding of cultural water beliefs and practices may lead to new concepts for future sustainable water management - from flood management to water supply, sanitation and irrigation management.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech
• E-Mail des Verlags für Barrierefreiheitsfragen: [e-mail]
• Alle Texte können hinsichtlich Größe, Schriftart und Farbe angepasst werden
• ARIA-Rollen für verbesserte strukturelle Navigation
• Seitennummerierung folgt dem gedruckten Werk
• Keine Einschränkung der Vorlesefunktionen, außer bei spezifischen Ausnahmen

Autor

Lida Schelwald-van der Kley has worked as an international environmental consultant for both private companies and government organizations for over 20 years. Since 1994 Lida is managing director of her own consultancy company, Envision-S. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of a Dutch Water Board. Lida is author of several international publications on successful communication between industrial companies and their stakeholders. Linda Reijerkerk has been working since 1985 in a variety of countries as a cultural anthropologist and international water management consultant with a clear focus on processes and institutional development and management. As Linda noticed an increase in water conflicts, she specialised as a mediator in 1997. She is now Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution in the Netherlands, specialised in mediation and negotiation training. She is author of several publications on mediation, conflict resolution and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135210922
• Artikelnr.: 58765206