Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Not Another Crisis! -- Why Is Water Important? -- Some Water Facts -- Chapter 2 From Abundance to Scarcity in 25 Years -- The River Jordan -- The South Asian Groundwater Phenomenon -- The Murray-Darling Basin -- The Colorado River -- Lessons from History -- Chapter 3 Causes of Water Scarcity -- Introduction -- Blue and Green Water -- Causes of Water Scarcity -- Population Growth Impact -- Dietary Change -- Biofuel Production -- Urbanization, Globalization, and Other Factors -- Climate Change Impact -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Climate Change and Water -- What Are the Most Likely Impacts of Climate Change? -- Climate Change Impacts in Asia -- Climate Change Impacts in Australia -- Does Water Have a Role in Mitigating Climate Change? -- Adapting to Climate Change -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Agriculture and Water -- Why Is Irrigation So Important? -- Virtual Water and Water Footprints -- How Can We Achieve More "Drop Per Drop"? -- Urban Water Reuse for Agriculture -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Water, Food, and Poverty -- The Big Picture-Farming and Poverty -- Nature and Poverty -- Irrigation and Poverty-Learning from Asia -- Groundwater and Poverty -- Women, Water, and Food -- Water as Welfare -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Integrating Water Planning and Management -- Integrated Water Resources Management -- Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Developing World -- What Happens to Our Waste? -- Recycling and Reuse of Wastewater -- Multiple Use Water Systems -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Water Governance for People and the Environment -- Understanding Water's Unique Properties -- A New Blueprint -- Going Local -- The Farmers Will Do It for Themselves -- The Participation Principle -- Recognizing Informal Institutions-The Commons and Community Management -- Rivers.

Conclusion -- Chapter 9 Water Rights and Water Costs -- Water Allocation Mechanisms -- South African Water Policy -- Water Allocation and Pricing in the United States -- The Murray-Darling Basin, Australia -- The Situation in Other Countries -- The Economics of Water -- Lessons from Complexity? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 Solving the World's Water Problems -- 1. If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It -- 2. Treasure the Environment -- 3. Reform Water Governance -- 4. Revitalize Agricultural Water Use -- 5. Manage Urban and Industrial Demand -- 6. Empower the Poor and Women in Water Management -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J-K-L -- M -- N -- O-P -- Q-R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W-Z.

The Indispensable Guide to the Next Global Crisis: Water   “No water, no life. Are you wondering how this planet can be ‘running out of water’ when it still rains and rivers flow? This book is your guide. Colin Chartres has lived his life to improve the management of the water that gives life to all. His lessons are worth learning.” –Margaret Catley-Carlson, Member of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board, Chair of the Global Water Partnership, and former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF   “Chartres and Varma ably combine sound science and intelligent writing to illuminate the enormous technical and managerial challenges inherent in meeting the world’s rapidly growing water needs. Wisely, Out of Water pays special attention to the complexities of managing water for agriculture, by far the largest consumer of water worldwide and the major contributor to water scarcity.” –Roberto Lenton, Chair, Inspection Panel, The World Bank   “Ensuring that we use water more wisely, more productively, and less profligately will be one of the defining challenges...of this century. There are solutions, and while implementing these will not be easy, they are achievable, as pointed out in this book.” –From the Foreword by Dr. Joachim von Braun, Director, Center for Development Research (ZEF).

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