The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basins contain the largest number of the world’s poor in any one region. The population is increasing steadily, and unless the current development trends are broken, poverty will become even more pervasive. The region is endowed with considerable natural resources that could be used to foster sustainable economic development. Water could be successfully used as the engine to promote economic development of the region, which has ...
Enhancing Participation and Governance in Water Resources Management: Conventional Approaches and Information Technology
More than a billion people lack sufficient clean water to meet their basic needs; 27 nations don't have enough water and another 16 are 'water stressed'. The UN predicts that rising demand for water will threaten human and ecological health over the next generation. As public health, development, economics and nature suffer, governments are becoming more aware of the need to ensure access to clean water. This book examines approaches and techniques for getting ...
