Renewable blue water flows will very soon be insufficient to meet the growing demands of the industrial, agricultural and domestic sectors. Within a generation, the proportion of the world’s population facing acute water stress could be as high as 50 per cent, because of increased pollution, population growth, urbanization, economic growth and, above all, because of poor management practices.
The awareness of this crisis is growing and with it the realization that new approaches to water management are desperately needed. This book will provide the resources to create them. In it, many of the most successful and innovative managers today explain what can be achieved and how to improve the conservation of water, its distribution and its quality.
Caroline Figu?ees is Head of the Municipal Infrastructure Department at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft.
Johan Rockstrom is Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management and Water Resources Expert at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands.
Cecilia Tortajada is Vice-President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico.
Contents: Introduction Rethinking Development Paradigms Global and Local Agendas Globalization and Equity Managing Rain for the Future Reuse of Derivative Water Rethinking Groundwater Management Water Rights Transboundary Water Management Development Potentials Pumping Money The Way Forward Bibliography, Index
Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd. Edited by Caroline Figueres , Johan Rockstrom , Cecilia Tortajada October 2003 280 pp., 6" x 9 1/4", figures & tables.
Rethinking Water Management 
Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues: