Overview
- Discusses the current and future state of freshwater and the global drive to achieve the UN sustainability goal
- Examines the major barriers blocking the achievement of the sustainability goal
- Includes asset management and strategic planning
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This book investigates the current and future state of freshwater and the global drive to achieve the UN sustainability goal. It first explores the major barriers to achieving the goal and then examines some of the programs water managers are adopting to overcome those barriers. These programs include finding new ways to supplement existing water supplies, and greater acceptance of alternative supplies, such as recycled waste water and desalination; green infrastructures, and rain and storm water harvesting. It concludes with two chapters on water management tools, including asset management and strategic planning, which are of particular interest to small water and wastewater utilities.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Water for a Sustainable Future
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Barriers on the Path to Sustainability
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Pathways to Water Sustainability
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
David E. McNabb, Ph.D. is the elected audit commissioner of a combined water and wastewater district in the Pacific Northwest, and Professor Emeritus of the Pacific Lutheran University School of Business. He has taught business and public administration courses for Oregon State University, the University of Washington-Tacoma, and the University of Maryland-Europe. This is his 15th book. His previous works include Water Resource Management, Comparative History of Commerce and Industry, Nation Building in the Baltic States, Research Methods for Public Administration and Nonprofit Organizations, and Research Methods for Political Science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global Pathways to Water Sustainability
Authors: David E. McNabb
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04085-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04084-0Published: 16 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04085-7Published: 04 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 343
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environment Studies, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Environmental Geography, Development and Sustainability