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 ...
Public Participation in the Governance of International Freshwater Resources
Clean water is essential to human survival, yet it is increasingly scarce. Despite pressures on this crucial resource, people often have little or no opportunity to participate in watershed decision that affect them, particularly when they live along international watercourses. The United Nations has identifies the rising demand for water as one of four major factors that will threaten human and ecological health for at least a generation. Over the coming decade, ...
