Water Governance: Nurturing Resilience for Sustainable Development [Hardcover]

Explores the use of water governance as a way to achieve sustainable development in a highly resource exploited era. Consolidates the existing knowledge and understanding of management and governance in the context of resilience in water sector. Looks at water scarcity and the need for governance from theory to practice.

First of its kind to offer multiple issues governing the world and particularly South Asia . . . [Offers] a broader perspective that includes how the climatic changes has made water resilience a necessary objective to achieve in all sectors of life? . . . and pinpoints if the sustainable development goals are paving the ways towards sustainable water solutions.

From the Foreword by Anawat Suppasri, PhD, Associate Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University, Japan

Less than 1% of the worlds water is easily accessible and usable for humans, with the majority being saltwater or frozen fresh water. Global statistics show that around four billion people in the world are exposed to severe water scarcity, and the situation will worsen by 2030. This new book explores the use of water governance as a solution to sustainable development and conservation of water resources. It consolidates the existing knowledge of water management and governance in conjunction with the impact of climate change, challenging economic environments, and fluctuating political conditions.

Foreword by Anawat Suppasri Preface 1. Concept of Resilience Related to Water Governance 2. From Theory to Practice: What Is a Water Resilience Framework? 3. Boosting Water Resilience in Businesses: A New Look 4. Nexus of Changing Climate, Water, and Food Scarcity 5. Exploring the Resilience of Water in a Socioecological System 6. Governing Health Linked with Water: Role of Resilience in Sustaining Life 7. Water Management and Achieving Sustainablelƒ%