Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

This book pursues a comprehensive approach so as to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of climate change on sustainable development, focusing on the perspective of water. Climate change is one of today’s most pressing global issues and will become increasingly important in the deca...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Biswas, Asit K. (Editor), Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Water Resources Development and Management
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book pursues a comprehensive approach so as to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of climate change on sustainable development, focusing on the perspective of water. Climate change is one of today’s most pressing global issues and will become increasingly important in the decades to come, as societies will feel its pervasive impacts in many aspects of their lives. Given that the majority of these climate change impacts will be felt through the medium of water, the book explores the interrelationships and inter-linkages between water, climate change and sustainable development
Physical Description:XIV, 168 p. 42 illus., 4 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9789812879769