Global Water Security: Lessons Learnt and Long-Term Implications

Description

This book highlights the relationship between the water sector and various other sectors in order to establish an improved understanding of the importance of water resources as an essential cross-cutting vector of socio-economic development. The book is both policy and practice oriented and is not constrained by existing definitions on water security. It includes actual experiences of policy, management, development and governance decisions taken within the water sector, and examples on how these have affected the energy and agricultural sectors as well as impacted the environment, and vice versa, as appropriate. It also discusses trade-offs, short and long-term implications, lessons learnt, and the way forward. The book includes case studies on cities, countries and regions such as Australia, China, Singapore, Central Asia, Morocco, Southern Africa, France, Latin America, Brazil and California. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Towards Global Water Security: A Departure from the Status Quo? (Cecilia Tortajada, Victor Fernandez)....Pages 1-19 Water Security in Australia (James Horne)....Pages 21-52 Addressing Water Challenges and Safeguarding Water Security: China’s Thought, Action, and Practice (Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China)....Pages 53-83 Quest for Water Security in Singapore (Cecilia Tortajada, Cheryl Wong)....Pages 85-115 Current and Future Challenges of Water Security in Central Asia (Stefanos Xenarios, Ronan Shenhav, Iskandar Abdullaev, Alberto Mastellari)....Pages 117-142 Integrated Water Resources Management in Morocco (Mohamed Ait Kadi, Abdeslam Ziyad)....Pages 143-163 Water Security in a Southern African Context (Mike Muller)....Pages 165-184 Global Water Security: Lessons Learnt and Long-Term Implications in France (Eric Tardieu)....Pages 185-215 Water Security in Latin America: The Urban Dimension. Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from 26 Cities (Jose Carrera, Victor Arroyo, Franz Rojas, Abel Mejia)....Pages 217-232 From Drought to Water Security: Brazilian Experiences and Challenges (Francisco de Assis Souza Filho, Rosa Maria Formiga-Johnsson, Ticiana Marinho de Carvalho Studart, Marcos Thadeu Abicalil)....Pages 233-265 California: Water Security from Infrastructure, Institutions, and the Global Economy (Jay Lund, Josué Medellín-Azuara)....Pages 267-279