Buch

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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Springer International Publishing
Buchreihe	:	Springer Water
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	28. 01. 2019
Seiten	:	299
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
ISBN	:	9783030031855
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Autorinformation

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Anja du Plessis completed her doctorate at the University of Johannesburg and is currently a senior lecturer at the University of South Africa. Her research is focused upon the challenges, risks and possible opportunities which the southern African region faces in terms of surface water availability and quality and have worked as a consultant in this regard. She aims to complete further research and consultation within the southern African region regarding possible future water-related risks and opportunities for various sectors.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Part 1: Water as a Global Risk.- Ch.1 Current and Future Water Availability.- Ch.2 Current and Future Water Scarcity and Stress.- Ch.3 Climate Change: Current Drivers, Observations and Impacts on the Globe’s Natural and Human Systems.- Ch.4 Climate Change and Freshwater Resources: Current Observations, Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Future Risks.- Ch.5 Primary Water Quality Challenges, Contaminants and the World’s Dirtiest Places.- Ch.6 Water as a Source of Conflict and Global Risk.- Part 2: Water as a Regional and National Risk.- Ch.7 Evaluation of southern and South Africa’s Freshwater Resources.- Ch.8 Establishing South Africa’s Current Water Quality Risk Areas.- Ch.9 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Limpopo, Olifants and the Inkomati-Usuthu WMAs.-Ch.10 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Vaal, Pongola-Mtamvuna and Orange WMAs.- Ch.11 Current Water Quality Risk Areas for Berg-Olifants,Breede-Gouritz and Mzimvubu-Tsitsikamma WMAs.- Ch.12  South Africa’s Water Reality: Challenges, Solutions, Actions and a Way Forward.

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