Water as an inescapable risk : current global water availability, quality and risks with a specific focus on South Africa /: current global water availability, quality and risks with a specific focus on South Africa. ([2019])
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- Book
- Title:
- Water as an inescapable risk : current global water availability, quality and risks with a specific focus on South Africa /: current global water availability, quality and risks with a specific focus on South Africa. ([2019])
- Main Title:
- Water as an inescapable risk : current global water availability, quality and risks with a specific focus on South Africa
- Further Information:
- Note: Anja du Plessis.
- Authors:
- Du Plessis, Anja
- Contents:
- Part 1: Water as a Global Risk.- Ch.1 Current and Future Water Availability.- Ch.2 Current and Future Water Scarcity and Stress.- Ch.3 Climate Change: Current Drivers, Observations and Impacts on the Globe's Natural and Human Systems.- Ch.4 Climate Change and Freshwater Resources: Current Observations, Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Future Risks.- Ch.5 Primary Water Quality Challenges, Contaminants and the World's Dirtiest Places.- Ch.6 Water as a Source of Conflict and Global Risk.- Part 2: Water as a Regional and National Risk.- Ch.7 Evaluation of southern and South Africa's Freshwater Resources.- Ch.8 Establishing South Africa's Current Water Quality Risk Areas.- Ch.9 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Limpopo, Olifants and the Inkomati-Usuthu WMAs.- Ch.10 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Vaal, Pongola-Mtamvuna and Orange WMAs.- Ch.11 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Berg-Olifants, Breede-Gouritz and Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma WMAs.- Ch.12 South Africa's Water Reality: Challenges, Solutions, Actions and a Way Forward.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Copyright Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 363.610968
Water-supply -- South Africa
Water quality -- South Africa
Water -- Pollution -- South Africa
Water resources development -- South Africa
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Water -- Pollution
Water quality
Water resources development
Water-supply
South Africa
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783030031862
3030031861 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783030031855
3030031853 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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