Water for food security and well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean : social and environmental implications for a globalized economy /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Description:	xxii, 432 pages ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Earthscan studies in water resource management Earthscan studies in water resource management.
Subject:	Water-supply -- Latin America -- Management. Water-supply -- Caribbean Area -- Management. Water security -- Latin America. Water security -- Caribbean Area. Food security -- Latin America. Food security -- Caribbean Area. Food security. Social conditions Water security. Water-supply -- Management. Latin America -- Social conditions. Caribbean Area -- Social conditions. Caribbean Area. Latin America.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9959543

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Willaarts, Bárbara A., editor of compilation. Garrido, Alberto, editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780415713689 (hardback) 0415713684 (hardback) 9781315883137 (ebk)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding water management and food security in the rapidly developing Latin America and Caribbean region. It focuses on four key themes: setting out the background to water, nature and food in the region; drivers of changing conditions; pressures and challenges; and responses and enabling conditions"--

Table of Contents:

1. Water and Food Security Challenges in the 21st Century
2. Operating within Physical boundaries: Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services
3. Water Resources Assessment
4. Demographic and Socio-economic Trends
5. Globalization and Trade
6. Environmental Change
7. Water and Agriculture
8. Water and Cities
9. Water, Energy, Industry and Mining
10. Institutional Reforms
11. Economic and Financial Mechanisms: Markets, Water Pricing, and Payments for Ecosystem Services
12. Water Efficiency
13. Rethinking Water Management: Towards an Integrated Water Resources Management
14. The Role of Civil Society

Similar Items