Global Change: Impacts on Water and food Security

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ringler, Claudia. (Editor), Biswas, Asit K. (Editor), Cline, Sarah. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Climatic changes.; Environmental law.; Sustainable development.; Environmental pollution.; Environment.; Climate Change.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Sustainable Development.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04615-5

This volume examines the various drivers of global change, including climate change, and the use of agricultural knowledge, science, and technology, as well as the outcomes of global change processes, including impacts on water quality and human well-being. Several authors examine potential policy a...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Water for Food Security under Growing Scarcity
• Part 2. Trade for Water and Food Security - Help or Harm for the Poor?- Part 3. How to Finance Water for the Poor in a Globalized World
• Part 5. Conclusions
• Glossary.