Chasing water : a guide for moving from scarcity to sustainability /

Water scarcity is spreading and intensifying in many regions of the world, with dire consequences for local communities, economies, and freshwater ecosystems. Current approaches tend to rely on policies crafted at the state or national level, which on their own have proved insufficient to arrest wat...

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Main Author: Richter, Brian (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Island Press/Center for Resource Economics 2014.
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