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题名/责任者:

Water : towards a culture of responsibility / Antoine Frerot

版本说明:

1st English-language ed

出版发行项:

Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, c2011

载体形态项:

181 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm

统一题名:

Eau, pour une culture de la responsability. English

个人责任者:

Frerot, Antoine

论题主题:

Water resources development

论题主题:

Water-supply-Government policy

论题主题:

Climatic changes-Economic aspects

中图法分类号:

TV213

一般附注:

Originally published: Paris : Autrement, 2009

内容附注:

Introduction : a time to take responsibility -- The water century -- Satisfying growing needs -- Preventing further loss of the quality of our water resources -- Europe sets a goal : a return to good water quality -- Water : the primary issue for human development -- Water's false friends -- Climate change and water : disturbing facts -- Two misplaced "good ideas" : "free water" and "user pays for all" -- The private sector : too much or too little involvement? -- Water : is the service too expensive? -- Funders, often criticised but indispensable -- Finding new models -- New resources -- New economic and financial models -- Helping more the disadvantaged -- Governance : at the root of the problem, at the heart of the solution

摘要附注:

The fastest dwindling and most valuable resource in the world today is not oil, it is water, clean, safe, fresh water. Clean, fresh drinking water is essential to human and animal life. It is equally important to the world economy: it functions as a universal solvent, makes possible industrial cooling and transportation, and is necessary for all kinds of agriculture. The author, CEO of Veolia Water, takes us on a tour of the world's waters, of our water. Lack of clean water kills 2.2 million people every year, and nearly 1 billion people do not have reliable access to clean drinking water. Using examples that transform theory into close to home reality, he issues a serious challenge while showing us how to ensure that all the fast-growing cities of Asia, Africa, and Latin America have enough water. He considers how climate change will cause water shortages and explains what we can do now to prevent them. We have the political, economic, and scientific means to ensure the future of water on earth: we need only the will to take action

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