The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (Google eBook)

Peter H. Gleick, Gary H. Wolff, Heather Cooley, Meena Palaniappan, Andrea Samulon, Emily Lee, Jason Morrison, David Katz

Island Press, Nov 2, 2006 - Science - 392 pages

Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of water-related topics. The 2006-2007 volume features overview chapters on:

• Water and terrorism
• Business risks of water
• Water and ecosystems
• Floods and droughts
• Desalination
• Environmental justice and water

The book contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water as well as an assessment of recent water conferences, including the 4th World Water Forum. It also offers a brief review of issues surrounding the use of bottled water and the possible existence of water on Mars. From one of the world's leading authorities on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them.

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I've just gone through "Time to Rethink Large International Water Meetings" of this book.
This chapter has made me think of quite similar situations in which other sectoral or cross-cutting issues are being discussed recently.
For one of those who have been involved in continual feelings of less fulfilment despite the numbers of events we have been organising or participating in, I've found the chapter informative with respect to showing that same concerns have already been shared.
According to the Chapter, Salman (2003, 2004) offers history of large international water meetings. This further took me to a question: Why are we still continuing to have large meetings with substantially unchanged formats, which the Chapter judges as ineffective?
The Chapter also seems to have offered me good insights into how to improve the situation that I've been experiencing; or how I could approach this issue to solve.
By further studying the historical discourse regarding the increasing large international meetings, I may be able to at least capture the reality, and to hopefully come up with practical alternatives to replace the current situation. 

Contents

• Water and Terrorism: 1
• Going with the Flow Preserving and Restoring Instream Water Allocations: 29
• With a Grain of Salt An Update on Seawater Desalination: 51
• Floods and Droughts: 91
• Environmental Justice and Water: 117
• Water Risks that Face Business and Industry: 145
• Water Briefs: 169
• Data Section: 221
• Water Units Data Conversions and Constants: 319
• Comprehensive Table of Contents: 329
• Comprehensive Index: 343

Popular passages

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About the author

Peter H. Gleick is president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California, and is a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Felloship for his work on water issues.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
• Authors: Peter H. Gleick, Gary H. Wolff, Heather Cooley, Meena Palaniappan, Andrea Samulon, Emily Lee, Jason Morrison, David Katz
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Island Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1597269514, 9781597269513
• Length: 392 pages
• Subjects: Science / Environmental Science; Science / General