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Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change [electronic resource] : Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures? / edited by Barbara Rose Johnston, Lisa Hiwasaki, Irene J. Klaver, Ameyali Ramos Castillo, Veronica Strang.

By: Johnston, Barbara Rose [editor.].
Contributor(s): Hiwasaki, Lisa [editor.] | Klaver, Irene J [editor.] | Ramos Castillo, Ameyali [editor.] | Strang, Veronica [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012Description: XLVIII, 560 p. 195 illus., 138 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789400717749.Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Biodiversity | Aquatic biology | Sustainable development | Marine Sciences | Environment | Marine & Freshwater Sciences | Sustainable Development | Environment, general | Biodiversity | Freshwater & Marine EcologyDDC classification: 551.4 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1. Water and cultural diversity -- 2. Culture and Water in Diverse Environments -- 3. Water value, access, use, and control: sociocultural contexts of water scarcity -- 4. Hydrodevelopment, Cultural Diversity and Sustainability -- 5. The Ways Forward -- 6.Water, Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity: United Nations statements, resolutions and treaties.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples.  It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a human right, and a core sustaining element in biodiversity and cultural diversity. The core concepts utilized in this book draw upon a larger trend in sustainability science, a recognition of the synergism and analytical potential in utilizing a coupled biological and social systems analysis, as the functioning viability of nature is both sustained and threatened by humans. 
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1. Water and cultural diversity -- 2. Culture and Water in Diverse Environments -- 3. Water value, access, use, and control: sociocultural contexts of water scarcity -- 4. Hydrodevelopment, Cultural Diversity and Sustainability -- 5. The Ways Forward -- 6.Water, Cultural Diversity and Biodiversity: United Nations statements, resolutions and treaties.

A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples.  It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a human right, and a core sustaining element in biodiversity and cultural diversity. The core concepts utilized in this book draw upon a larger trend in sustainability science, a recognition of the synergism and analytical potential in utilizing a coupled biological and social systems analysis, as the functioning viability of nature is both sustained and threatened by humans. 

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