Water as an Inescapable Risk Current Global Water Availability, Quality and Risks with a Specific Focus on South Africa
The book presents an interdisciplinary systematic evaluation of increasing water stress and scarcity over the globe and specifically South Africa. South Africa is used as the prime example as the country is experiencing similar water challenges in terms of availability and quality as most regions ac...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | Springer Water
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Water as a Global Risk
- Ch.1 Current and Future Water Availability
- Ch.2 Current and Future Water Scarcity and Stress
- Ch.3 Climate Change: Current Drivers, Observations and Impacts on the Globe’s Natural and Human Systems
- Ch.4 Climate Change and Freshwater Resources: Current Observations, Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Future Risks
- Ch.5 Primary Water Quality Challenges, Contaminants and the World’s Dirtiest Places
- Ch.6 Water as a Source of Conflict and Global Risk
- Part 2: Water as a Regional and National Risk
- Ch.7 Evaluation of southern and South Africa’s Freshwater Resources
- Ch.8 Establishing South Africa’s Current Water Quality Risk Areas
- Ch.9 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Limpopo, Olifants and the Inkomati-Usuthu WMAs.-Ch.10 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Vaal, Pongola-Mtamvuna and Orange WMAs
- Ch.11 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Berg-Olifants,Breede-Gouritz and Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma WMAs
- Ch.12 South Africa’s Water Reality: Challenges, Solutions, Actions and a Way Forward