Water
Subtitle: towards a culture of responsibility
By: Antoine Frérot
Edition: 1st English-language ed.
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9781584659877; 9781584659907; 9781584659914
Subjects: Government policy; Water-supply; Economic aspects; Water resources development; Climatic changes
Work titles: L'eau, pour une culture de la responsabilit
Notes: Originally published: Paris : Autrement, 2009.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a time to take responsibility; title: The water century; title: Satisfying growing needs; title: Preventing further loss of the quality of our water resources; title: Europe sets a goal : a return to good water quality; title: Water : the primary issue for human development; title: Water's false friends; title: Climate change and water : disturbing facts; title: Two misplaced "good ideas" : "free water" and "user pays for all"; title: The private sector : too much or too little involvement?; title: Water : is the service too expensive?; title: Funders, often criticised but indispensable; title: Finding new models; title: New resources; title: New economic and financial models; title: Helping more the disadvantaged; title: Governance : at the root of the problem, at the heart of the solution.