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Water Resources Management and Policy

MANKIND & THE OCEANS

Mankind and the Oceans

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Water Resources Management and Policy
25 Feb 2005
The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface and play an important part in our lives by controlling climate and weather conditions; hosting shipping, transportation, recreation and tourism; and providing us with food, minerals and petroleum. With the growth of the human population...
INTL WATERS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

International Waters in Southern Africa

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Water Resources Management and Policy
25 Apr 2003
Due to the large disparity in the availability of water between the wet northern region and the drier south parts of Southern Africa, water management has become an issue of critical importance to that region. The first transboundary transfer of water was between Lesotho and South Africa. Despite...
SUSTAINAB DEV THE GANGES BRAHMA

Sustainable Development of the Ganges Brahmaputra-Meghna Basins

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Water Resources Management and Policy
23 Feb 2001
The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins contain the largest number of the world's poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily and unless the current development trends are broken, poverty will become even more pervasive. The region is endowed with considerable natural resources tha...
WATER MNGMT ISLAM

Water Management in Islam

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Water Resources Management and Policy
23 Feb 2001
In the Middle East and North Africa, water is rapidly becoming the key development issue. The region has one of the highest population growth rates in the world and scarce natural water supplies. This publication presents Islamic perspectives on a number of proposed water-management policies, inc...
WATER FOR URBAN AREAS CHALLENGES

Water for Urban Areas

Challenges and Perspective

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Water Resources Management and Policy
10 Mar 2000
By the year 2025, it is estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's population will be urban dwellers. In Water for Urban Areas, leading experts offer unique insights into varied issues of urban water management. In case studies from the South as well as the North, the authors seek solutio...
MNGMT LATIN AMERICAN RIVER BASINS

Management of Latin American River Basins

Amazon, Plata and Sao Francisco

Series:
Water Resources Management and Policy
6 Aug 1999