Making the Most of the Water We Have : The Soft Path Approach to Water Management PDF
Edited by Oliver Brandes, David B. Brooks, Stephen Gurman
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Based on the ‘soft path approach to the energy sector, a transition is now under way to a soft path for water.
This approach starts by ensuring that ecosystem needs for water are satisfied and then undertakes a radical approach to reducing human uses of water by economic and social incentives, including open decision-making, water markets and equitable pricing, and the application of super-efficient technology, all applied in ways that avoid jeopardizing quality of life.
The soft path for water is therefore a management strategy that frees up water by curbing water waste.
This book is the first to present and apply the water soft path approach.
It has three aims: to bring to a wider audience the concept and the potential of water soft paths; to demonstrate that soft path analysis is analytical and practical, and not justeco-dreaming ; and to indicate that soft paths are not only conceptually attractive but that they can be made economically and politically feasible.
Includes a tool kit for planners and other practitioners. Published with POLIS Project and Friends of the Earth
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:02/09/2009
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- ISBN:9781136574221
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:02/09/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781136574221
