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Water for food in a changing world [electronic resource] / edited by Alberto Garrido and Helen Ingram.

Contributor(s): Garrido, Alberto, 1964- | Ingram, Helen M, 1937-.
Series: Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy: 2.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 333 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780203828410 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): Water-supply -- Management | Water-supply -- Management -- International cooperation | Integrated water development | Food security | Environmental policy -- International cooperationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 363.61 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Converging global food and water trade-offs / Robert Sandford -- 2. Optimizing water productivity in food production / Elâias Fereres -- 3. Modern agricultural under stress : lessons from the Murray-Darling in Australia / Wendy Craik and James Cleaver -- 4. Integrated watershed management : towards sustainable solutions in Africa / Akissa Bahri ... [et al.] -- 5. Lessons from Spain : a critical of assessment of the role of science and society / Alberto Garrido and Ana Iglesias -- 6. Back to basics on water as constraint for global food production : opportunities and limitations / Malin Falkenmark and Johan Rockstrèom -- 7. Globalization of water resources through virtual water trade / Hong Yang and Alexander J.B. Zehnder -- 8. Balancing water for people and nature / Uriel Safriel -- 9. Optimizing water for life / Daniel P. Loucks -- 10. Water science and policy in a changing world : perceptions from a practitioner / John Briscoe -- 11. Promises under construction : the evolving paradigm for water governance and the case of northern Mexico / Margaret Wilder -- 12. Beyond universal remedies for good water governance : a political and contextual approach / Helen Ingram -- 13. Water policies in Spain : balancing water for food and water for nature / Consuelo Varela-Ortega -- 14. Can the world feed itself sustainably? / Alberto Garrido, Helen Ingram, and Robert Sandford.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Converging global food and water trade-offs / Robert Sandford -- 2. Optimizing water productivity in food production / Elâias Fereres -- 3. Modern agricultural under stress : lessons from the Murray-Darling in Australia / Wendy Craik and James Cleaver -- 4. Integrated watershed management : towards sustainable solutions in Africa / Akissa Bahri ... [et al.] -- 5. Lessons from Spain : a critical of assessment of the role of science and society / Alberto Garrido and Ana Iglesias -- 6. Back to basics on water as constraint for global food production : opportunities and limitations / Malin Falkenmark and Johan Rockstrèom -- 7. Globalization of water resources through virtual water trade / Hong Yang and Alexander J.B. Zehnder -- 8. Balancing water for people and nature / Uriel Safriel -- 9. Optimizing water for life / Daniel P. Loucks -- 10. Water science and policy in a changing world : perceptions from a practitioner / John Briscoe -- 11. Promises under construction : the evolving paradigm for water governance and the case of northern Mexico / Margaret Wilder -- 12. Beyond universal remedies for good water governance : a political and contextual approach / Helen Ingram -- 13. Water policies in Spain : balancing water for food and water for nature / Consuelo Varela-Ortega -- 14. Can the world feed itself sustainably? / Alberto Garrido, Helen Ingram, and Robert Sandford.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.