Toward Sustainable Management of Water Resources (Directions in Development)
Description
Current water management practices and policies have resulted in stark and terrible failures. But the problems we witness today are only an indication of what may lie ahead. Current trends in the growth of population, urbanization, industrialization, and income will not allow us to continue current practices without crippling our health and our economies as well as causing irrevocable damage to the environment. The successes and failures of the past two or three decades point us to another path. The overarching lessons of experience are that water management must be based on much sounder ...
ISBN(s)
0821334131, 9780821334133
