The water paradox : overcoming the global crisis in water management /
A radical new approach to tackling the growing threat of water scarcity. Water is essential to life, yet humankind's relationship with water is complex. For millennia, we have perceived it as abundant and easily accessible. But water shortages are fast becoming a persistent reality for all nati...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the water paradox
- Water as an economic good
- Humankind and water
- Water in the modern era : toward a global crisis?
- A global crisis in water management
- Reforming governance and institutions
- Ending the underpricing of water
- Supporting innovations
- Managing a global resource
- The future of water.