Water Quality Policy and Management in Asia (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Tortajada, Cecilia

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book provides comprehensive coverage of the complexities, constraints and challenges associated with managing water quality in Asia. The immense related problems can only be resolved with concurrent political will, public demand, functional institutional and legal frameworks, as well as availability of technological know-how and investment funds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317850342
• Artikelnr.: 57082447

Autorenporträt

Cecilia Tortajada is President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico. She is the immediate past President of the International Water Resources Association. She is the author and editor of more than 30 books by major international publishers. Her work has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword 1. Editorial 2. Water Quality: Assessment of the Current Situation
in Asia 3. Economic Incentives Can Enhance Policy Efforts to Improve Water
Quality in Asia 4. Exploring the Boundaries of Water Quality Management in
Asia 5. Emerging Contaminants and the Implications for Drinking Water 6. An
Overview of Policies Impacting Water Quality and Governance in India 7.
Water Quality Management in China 8. An Integrated Management Approach for
Water Quality and Quantity: Case Studies in North China 9. Institutional
Capacity on Water Pollution Control of the Pearl River in Guangzhou, China
10. Soil Erosion Control and Sediment Load Reduction in the Loess Plateau:
Policy Perspectives 11. Managing Urban Rivers and Water Quality in Malaysia
for Sustainable Water Resources 12. Improving Groundwater Quality
Management for the Sustainable Utilization of the Bangkok Aquifer System
13. Nutrient Balance Assessment in the Mekong Basin: Nitrogen and
Phosphorus Dynamics in a Catchment Scale