Water Resources : A New Water Architecture.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor Foreword - Challenges in Water Management -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Units and Conversions -- Glossary -- Terms describing water resources -- Terms describing pressures on water resources -- Terms describing different approaches to water management -- Terms describing the different ways in which people use water -- Other terms -- Part I: Setting the Scene -- Chapter 1: Water Resources in the Twenty-First Century -- 1.1 A Looming Crisis -- 1.2 Human Interactions with Water in the Biosphere -- 1.3 An Inspiring Challenge -- References -- Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Water Management -- 2.1 The Planetary Picture -- 2.2 Evolution of Water Resource Systems -- 2.3 Water, Society and the Biosphere -- References -- Part II: Stresses and Strains -- Chapter 3: Key Concepts -- 3.1 Water Fluxes in Space and Time -- 3.2 Mechanisms of Human Interaction with Water Fluxes -- 3.3 Water Stress and Water Scarcity -- 3.4 Virtual Water and the Water Footprint -- 3.5 Live, Eat, Consume: The Conceptual Framework of Water Stress and Virtual Water -- References -- Chapter 4: Live -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Water and Energy -- 4.3 Urbanisation -- References -- Chapter 5: Eat -- 5.1 The Hidden Water in Food -- 5.2 An Increasingly Important Problem -- 5.3 How to Respond to the Water/Food Conundrum -- References -- Chapter 6: Consume -- 6.1 Impact of Consumerism on Water Management -- 6.2 Water Use in Industry: Which Sectors Use the Most? -- 6.3 Water Use in Industry: Which Activities Use the Most? -- 6.4 Water Risk: Recognising the Magnitude of the Problem -- 6.5 Water Risk: Defining and Quantifying the Risk -- 6.6 Managing Risks and Seizing Opportunities: The Path to Maturity -- References -- Part III: Existing Water Architecture.

Chapter 7: Existing Management of Water Resources -- 7.1 Governance -- 7.2 Structure of Water Management -- 7.3 The Role of Policy in Decision Making -- 7.4 Types of Policy and their Development -- 7.5 The Rise of Decentralisation and Consultation -- 7.6 Regulation of Water Management -- 7.7 Regulatory Models -- 7.8 Regulatory Phases: Unregulated versus Highly Regulated -- 7.9 Governance Silos -- 7.10 Breaking the Silos and Integrating Water Supply Policy -- 7.11 Evolution of Integrated Water Resource Management -- 7.12 Traditional Water Planning Responsibilities versus a Corporate-Driven 'Water Risk' Agenda -- 7.13 Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: Ownership and Investment -- 8.1 Public versus Private Ownership Models -- 8.2 Investment Models and the Economics of Water Management -- 8.3 Summary -- References -- Part IV: Moving to a New Water Architecture -- Chapter 9: Challenges and Opportunities -- 9.1 A New Water Architecture: An Introduction -- 9.2 Challenges -- 9.3 Opportunities -- 9.4 A Systems Approach to Water Management -- References -- Chapter 10: Conceptual Integration -- 10.1 Societal View of the Value of Water -- 10.2 Water as an Under-Valued Resource: The Consequences -- 10.3 Moving to Conceptual Integration -- References -- Chapter 11: Institutional Integration -- 11.1 Requirements for Delivering Integrated Solutions -- 11.2 The Challenges of Delivering Integrated Solutions -- 11.3 The Role of Governments -- 11.4 The Importance of Education -- 11.5 The Role of Private Organisations -- 11.6 The Importance of Knowledge Transfer and the Benefits of the Digital Revolution -- 11.7 The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations -- 11.8 How to Finance Change -- 11.9 Conclusions: Institutional Enablers -- References -- Chapter 12: Physical Integration -- 12.1 The Need for Change.

12.2 Integrating Green and Grey Infrastructure to Slow Down Water -- 12.3 The Storage Continuum -- 12.4 Creating Hybrid Water Management Systems -- 12.5 Circular Systems that Transform 'Wastes' to 'Resources' -- 12.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13: A Way Forward -- 13.1 Conceptual Integration -- 13.2 Institutional Integration -- 13.3 Physical Integration -- 13.4 Summary -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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