Environmental Resource Management And The Nexus Approach: Managing Water, Soil, And Waste In The Context Of Global Change
by Reza Ardakanian /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book elaborates how water, soil, and waste may be managed in
a nexus and how this approach may help combat global change. In
addition to providing a brief account on nexus thinking and how
it may help us tackle issues important to the world community
such as food security, the book presents the environmental
resource perspective of three main aspects of global change:
climate change, urbanization, and population growth.
This book elaborates how water, soil, and waste may be managed in
a nexus and how this approach may help combat global change. In
addition to providing a brief account on nexus thinking and how
it may help us tackle issues important to the world community
such as food security, the book presents the environmental
resource perspective of three main aspects of global change:
climate change, urbanization, and population growth.
Taking as its point of departure the thematic discussions of the
Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC 2015) held in March 2015, the book
presents the perspectives of a number of thought leaders on how
the nexus approach could contribute to sustainable environmental
resource management.
Taking as its point of departure the thematic discussions of the
Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC 2015) held in March 2015, the book
presents the perspectives of a number of thought leaders on how
the nexus approach could contribute to sustainable environmental
resource management.
The first chapter provides an introduction to the issues and
consent of the book. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on climate change
adaptation. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the role of urbanization as
a main driver of global change. The last two chapters of the book
present ideas on how the nexus approach may be used to cope with
population growth and increased demand for resources.
The first chapter provides an introduction to the issues and
consent of the book. Chapters 2 and 3 focus on climate change
adaptation. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the role of urbanization as
a main driver of global change. The last two chapters of the book
present ideas on how the nexus approach may be used to cope with
population growth and increased demand for resources.
