WATER MANAGEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Author: Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel
Publisher: 3Ciencias
Published: 2018-03-27
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 8494825798
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jorge Alejandro Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel
Publisher: 3Ciencias
Published: 2018-03-27
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 8494825798
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Terence R Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-09-18
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 1000008991
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is the latest in a long line of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean studies on water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean which focus on questions relating to the management of water resource systems.
Author: United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Natural Resources and Energy Division
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
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Author: Bárbara A. Willaarts
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-24
Total Pages: 455
ISBN-13: 1134682808
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC’s trends progress requires framing this region in the global context: an ever more globalized world where LAC has an increasing geopolitical power and a growing presence in international food markets. The book’s specific objectives are: (1) exploring the improvements and links between water and food security in LAC countries; (2) assessing the role of the socio-economic ‘megatrends’ in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region’s observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy. This poses new and important challenges for sustainable development. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the improvement of human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012-11-21
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9264174540
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) and identifies good practices for co-ordinating water across ministries, between levels of government, and across local and regional actors.
Author: Danilo J. Anton
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1552501086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many cities in Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing a water crisis as sources become exhausted or degraded. Urbanization, deteriorating infrastructures with a lack of funds for repairs, and inadequate polices are conspiring to cause water shortages. People are becoming concentrated in megacities, such as Mexico City with a population of almost 23 million, that have outgrown their water-supply systems. Urban areas are increasingly incapable of supplying water and sewer systems for their populations. By the year 2020, more than 500 million inhabitants of Latin America (two-thirds of.
Author: Ismael Aguilar-Barajas
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-05-08
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 1317906888
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres. Pressure on water resources and water management in cities therefore provide major challenges. Despite the importance of the issues, there has been little systematic coverage of the topic in book form. This work fills a gap in the literature by providing both thematic overviews and case study chapters. It reviews key aspects of why water matters in cities and presents case studies on topics such as groundwater management, green growth and water services, inequalities in water supply, the financing of water services and flood management. Detailed examples are described from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, and there is also a chapter comparing lessons which might be learnt from US cities. Contributing authors are drawn from both within and outside the region, including from the Inter-American Development Bank, OECD and World Bank to set the issues in a global context.
Author: Organization of American States. Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
Publisher: Organization of American States
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 300
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Axel Dourojeanni R.
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9789211213218
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Water and river basin management systems are created to avoid, prevent or resolve conflicts between human beings and their environment. To implement processes of integrated water and river basin management, it is necessary to form alliances or agreements with many actors. It is often difficult to coordinate these actors in Latin American or Caribbean countries due to the existence of a vast informal sector of the population, which does not comply with the legal norms. This publication examines river basin management as a way to sustainable development, and looks at the definitions, scope and operation management processes at the river basin level. It also reviews the creation of river basin organizations in Latin America and summarizes the research available on many studies of river basin management.