Water [electronic resource] : towards a culture of responsibility / Antoine Frerot.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, c2011. 2015)Edition: 1st English-language edDescription: 1 online resource (181 p. :) ill., mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781584659907
- 1584659904
- 9781584659914
- 1584659912
- L'eau, pour une culture de la responsabilit. English
- 333.91 22
- HD1691 .F74 2011
Originally published: Paris : Autrement, 2009.
Introduction : a time to take responsibility -- The water century -- Satisfying growing needs -- Preventing further loss of the quality of our water resources -- Europe sets a goal : a return to good water quality -- Water : the primary issue for human development -- Water's false friends -- Climate change and water : disturbing facts -- Two misplaced "good ideas" : "free water" and "user pays for all" -- The private sector : too much or too little involvement? -- Water : is the service too expensive? -- Funders, often criticised but indispensable -- Finding new models -- New resources -- New economic and financial models -- Helping more the disadvantaged -- Governance : at the root of the problem, at the heart of the solution.
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