Global Water Security

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Towards Global Water Security: A Departure from the Status Quo?

   • Cecilia Tortajada, Victor Fernandez

   Pages 1-19

3. Water Security in Australia

   • James Horne

   Pages 21-52

4. 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

5. Quest for Water Security in Singapore

   • Cecilia Tortajada, Cheryl Wong

   Pages 85-115

6. Current and Future Challenges of Water Security in Central Asia

   • Stefanos Xenarios, Ronan Shenhav, Iskandar Abdullaev, Alberto Mastellari

   Pages 117-142

7. Integrated Water Resources Management in Morocco

   • Mohamed Ait Kadi, Abdeslam Ziyad

   Pages 143-163

8. Water Security in a Southern African Context

   • Mike Muller

   Pages 165-184

9. Global Water Security: Lessons Learnt and Long-Term Implications in France

   • Eric Tardieu

   Pages 185-215

10. 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

11. 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

12. California: Water Security from Infrastructure, Institutions, and the Global Economy

    • Jay Lund, Josué Medellín-Azuara

    Pages 267-279

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.

• Water policies
• Water governance
• Future water management
• Sustainable urban water management
• Water resource recovery
• Water and energy
• Water scarcity
• water policy
• urban geography and urbanism
• climate change impacts

• Espace Gaymard, World Water Council, Marseille, France

  World Water Council

The World Water Council is an international multistakeholder platform organization whose mission is to mobilize action on critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, by engaging people in debate and challenging conventional thinking. The Council focuses on the political dimensions of water security, adaptation and sustainability.

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