TY - BOOK ID - 1496192 TI - Thirsty planet: strategies for sustainable water management PY - 2004 SN - 1848137907 1281215732 1848130864 9786611215736 9781848130869 9781848137905 9781281215734 1842772422 1842772430 1350223654 PB - London Zed Books DB - UniCat KW - Water-supply KW - Water use. KW - Nature conservation. KW - Hydrologic cycle. KW - Management. KW - Conservation of nature KW - Nature KW - Nature protection KW - Protection of nature KW - Use of water KW - Utilization of water KW - Water KW - Water utilization KW - Cycle, Hydrologic KW - Hydrological cycle KW - Water cycle KW - Conservation KW - Utilization KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Applied ecology KW - Conservation biology KW - Endangered ecosystems KW - Natural areas KW - Cycles KW - Hydrology KW - Drought & water supply KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - Water supply. Water treatment. Water pollution KW - natuurlijke grondstoffen UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1496192 AB - The author argues that it is essential to manage water in different ways from those relied on in the last century. We must instead maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. Her book looks at the complexity of how to do this. And it provides a wide array of ideas, information, case studies and ecological knowledge - often from remote corners of the developing world - that could provide an alternative vision for water use and management at this critical time. After discussing how the water cycle works and the inadequacies of current approaches to overcoming the growing gap bet. ER -