Assessing Global Water Megatrends

Description

This book highlights what are likely to be the future megatrends in the water sector and why and how they should be incorporated to improve water governance in the coming decades. In this first ever book on megatrends for the water sector, 22 leading world experts from different disciplines representing academia, business, government, national and international organisations discuss what the major megatrends of the future are and how they will radically change water governance in the coming decades. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Assessing Global Water Megatrends (Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada)....Pages 1-26 Water: A Megatrends Perspective (Philippe Rohner)....Pages 27-39 Population Megatrends and Water Management (Olli Varis)....Pages 41-59 Harvesting Experience for Sustainable Urban Water Management (Janet G. Hering, Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy)....Pages 61-75 Future of Water Resource Recovery (James W. Hotchkies)....Pages 77-85 Smart Water and Water Megatrend Management and Mitigation (David A. Lloyd Owen)....Pages 87-104 Megatrends in Shared Waters in 2030 and Beyond (Melissa McCracken, Laura E. R. Peters, Aaron T. Wolf)....Pages 105-123 Megatrends in Hindu Kush Himalaya: Climate Change, Urbanisation and Migration and Their Implications for Water, Energy and Food (Aditi Mukherji, Christopher Scott, David Molden, Amina Maharjan)....Pages 125-146 Shift in Water Thinking Crucial for Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future (Malin Falkenmark)....Pages 147-177 Singapore: Transforming Water Scarcity into a Virtue (Peter Joo Hee Ng)....Pages 179-186 Future Water Management: Myths in Indian Agriculture (M. Dinesh Kumar)....Pages 187-209 Policy Options for Reducing Water for Agriculture in Saudi Arabia (Christopher Napoli, Ben Wise, David Wogan, Lama Yaseen)....Pages 211-230 Nestlé and Its Response to Megatrends in Water (Paul Bulcke)....Pages 231-244 Back Matter ....Pages 245-251