Water Accounting: International Approaches to Policy and Decision-makingJayne M. Godfrey, Keryn Chalmers Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 - 318 σελίδες This groundbreaking book examines the role that water accounting can play in resolving economic, environmental and social issues. One of the most pressing global issues of the 21st century is the scarcity of water to ensure economic, environmental and soc |
Περιεχόμενα
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PART I Water accounting systems | 15 |
water accounting in Australia | 17 |
development implementation and use | 32 |
3 Water Footprint Accounting | 58 |
evolution of a concept and new frontiers | 76 |
PART II Application and evaluation of water accounting systems | 89 |
5 Water accounting in mining and minerals processing | 91 |
comparing the Australian and the United Nations approaches | 162 |
PART III Contemporary issues addressed by water accounting | 187 |
intergenerational equity longterm investment and water governance and regulation | 189 |
11 Water accounting corporate sustainability and the public interest | 203 |
12 Water accounting and conflict mitigation | 221 |
13 The role of a water accounting system in the avoidance and resolution of international water disputes | 236 |
14 Water accounting issues in California | 255 |
15 Accounting for water rights in the western United States | 270 |
6 Potential for the application of General Purpose Water Accounting in South Africa | 106 |
7 Potential role of standardized water accounting in Spanish basins | 123 |
8 Development and application of the System of EnvironmentalEconomic Accounting for Water in China | 139 |
Conclusion | 291 |
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accessed Accounting for Water agricultural allocation Amatole amount of water applied approach aquifers assess Australia catchment cent chapter Commission concept consumed countries decision depletion DWAF Economic Accounting environment environmental estimated evapotranspiration example flume framework global GPWA GPWA reports groundwater Hoekstra hydrological impact implementation industry inflow input Institute intergenerational equity International Water irrigation issues IWMI Júcar MDBA measurement Mekong River Commission ment Murray Darling Basin National Water operational outflow planetary trust pollution Purpose Water Accounting regional risk river basin role SABMiller sector SEEAW South Africa storage surfacewater sustainability Table tion United Nations virtual water volume WASB wastewater Water Accounting reports Water Accounting Standards water accounting system water assets water balance Water Footprint Accounting water liabilities water management water quality water report entity water resource management water resources water rights water statistics water supply water users watercourse