Coping with water scarcity: addressing the challenges /
by Luis Santos Pereira , lan Cordery and Lacovos lacovides
- New York: Springer, 2009.
- xiv, 382: p.
1.Introduction-- 2.Water scarcity concepts -- 3.Physical characteristics and processes leading to water scarcity -- 4.Droughts and desertification-- 5.Conceptual thinking in coping with water scarcity-- 6.Surface water use and harvesting-- 7.Groundwater use and recharge-- 8.Using Non-conventional water resources -- 9.Water conservation and saving: concepts and performance -- 10.Water conservation and saving measures and practices -- 11.Social,economic,cultural, legal and institutional constraints and issues-- 12.Education .