Water Security (eBook, PDF)

Principles, Perspectives and Practices
Redaktion: Lankford, Bruce; Conway, Declan; Zeitoun, Mark; Bakker, Karen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The purpose of this book is to present an overview of the latest research, policy, practitioner, academic and international thinking on water security - an issue that, like water governance a few years ago, has developed much policy awareness and momentum with a wide range of stakeholders. As a concept it is open to multiple interpretations and the authors here set out the various approaches to the topic from different perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136285868
• Artikelnr.: 39910646

Autorenporträt

Bruce Lankford is Professor of Water and Irrigation Policy in the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia, UK. Karen Bakker is a Professor in Geography, Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology, and Director of the Program on Water Governance at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Mark Zeitoun is a Reader in the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia, UK, and co-Director of the UEA Water Security Research Centre. Declan Conway was, at the time of writing, Professor of Water Resources and Climate Change in the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Frameworks/Approaches to Water Security 1. Introduction: A Battle
of Ideas for Water Security 2. The Web of Sustainable Water Security 3. The
Water Security Paradox and International Law: Securitisation as an Obstacle
to Achieving Water Security and the Role of Law in De-Securitising the
World's Most Precious Resource Part 2: Perspectives and Principles 4.
Debating the Concept of Water Security 5. Water Security - The Multiform
Water Scarcity Dimension 6. Securing Water in a Changing Climate 7. The
Role of Cities as Drivers of International Transboundary Water Management
Processes 8. The Water-Energy Nexus - Meeting Growing Demand in a
Resource-Constrained World 9. Water Security for Ecosystems, Ecosystems for
Water Security 10. From Water Productivity to Water Security: A Paradigm
Shift? 11. Transboundary Water Security: Reviewing the Importance of
National Regulatory and Accountability Capacities in International
Transboundary River Basins Part 3: Water Security as Practice and Practice
Debates 12. Easy as 1, 2, 3? Political and Technical Considerations for
Designing Water Security Indicators 13. Water Security Risk and Response:
The Logic and Limits of Economic Instruments 14. Corporate Water
Stewardship: Exploring Private Sector Engagement in Water Security 15. The
Shotgun Marriage: Water Security, Cultural Politics and Forced Engagements
between Official and Local Rights Frameworks 16. Infrastructure
Hydromentalities; Water Sharing, Water Control and Water (In)Security 17.
The Strategic Dimensions of Water: From National Security to Sustainable
Security 18. Dances with Wolves: Four Flood Security Frames 19. Household
Water Security and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation Part 4:
Conclusion 20. Food-Water Security: Beyond Water Resources and the Water
Sector 21. A Synthesis Chapter: The 'Incodys' Water Security Model