Book Description
SCOTT (copy 1) from the John Holmes Library collection.
Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Natural Resources and Energy Division
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Hydrology
ISBN :
SCOTT (copy 1) from the John Holmes Library collection.
Author : Terence R Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 16,55 MB
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1000008991
This book is the latest in a long line of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean studies on water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean which focus on questions relating to the management of water resource systems.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Natural disasters
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Author : Bárbara A. Willaarts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 17,66 MB
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1134682808
This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC’s trends progress requires framing this region in the global context: an ever more globalized world where LAC has an increasing geopolitical power and a growing presence in international food markets. The book’s specific objectives are: (1) exploring the improvements and links between water and food security in LAC countries; (2) assessing the role of the socio-economic ‘megatrends’ in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region’s observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy. This poses new and important challenges for sustainable development. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the improvement of human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book.
Author : Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel
Publisher : 3Ciencias
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 8494825798
Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher :
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Hydrology
ISBN :
Author : Nations Unies. Commission économique pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes. Water resources unit
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 10,41 MB
Release : 1990
Category :
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Author : Danilo J. Anton
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 27,71 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1552501086
Many cities in Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing a water crisis as sources become exhausted or degraded. Urbanization, deteriorating infrastructures with a lack of funds for repairs, and inadequate polices are conspiring to cause water shortages. People are becoming concentrated in megacities, such as Mexico City with a population of almost 23 million, that have outgrown their water-supply systems. Urban areas are increasingly incapable of supplying water and sewer systems for their populations. By the year 2020, more than 500 million inhabitants of Latin America (two-thirds of.
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 30,47 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Water resources development
ISBN :
Author : Organization of American States. Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
Publisher : Organization of American States
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 26,79 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN :