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Value is a practical guide that explains the most important steps and techniques for the valuation of ecosystem services, and the incorporation of its results in decision making. It explains, step by step, how to generate persuasive arguments for more sustainable and equitable development decisions in water resources management.
This handbook illustrates concepts, methods and tools for "primary environmental care", an approach that seeks to empower communities to meet basic needs while protecting the environment. In particular, it focuses on how population size, structure, growth (or decline) and movements relate to the quality of the environment and the quality of life. Emphasis is placed on a community-led process of participatory action research in which local knowledge and skills are fully utilized. A main purpose is to promote the effective, integrated management of environment and population dynamics for the benefit of local people. As a collection of tools for action, it is designed for professionals in conservation and natural resource management, development, population and public health who wish to promote and assist participatory action research in rural communities.
A more comprehensive, newly updated edition of the Uganda Districts Information Handbook. The guide newly includes colour maps for seven regional districts of Uganda: North-Western, Northern North-Eastern, Eastern, Central, South-Western and Western. The book is organised into sections on each region. It gives information on demography, economic activity, industry, tourist attractions, NGOs, administrative divisions and leaders, elected representatives, schools and education, transport, media, health and banking services. The book further provides details of the geography and climate of each district: vegetation, rainfall range and relief. Michael Cook, former British High Commissioner to Uganda describes the book as his ?bible on Uganda'.
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Water resources are under extreme pressure today all over the world. The resulting problems have given rise to many activities which reflect the growing concern about them and the importance of effective management.As water increasingly becomes a precious resource on which the well-being of future generations depends, it is essential to discuss issues concerning quality, quantity, planning and other related topics.Containing papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Water Resources Management, this book examines the recent technological and scientific developments associated with the management of surface and sub-surface water resources. The wide variety of subjects covered are as follows: Water Resource Management and Planning; Waste Water Treatment and Management; Water Markets and Policies; Urban Water Management; Water Quality; Storm Water Management; Water Security Systems; Pollution Control; Irrigation Problems; Reservoirs and Lakes; River Basin Management; Hydrological Modelling; Flood Risk; Decision Support Systems; Groundwater Flow Problems and Remediation Technologies; Coastal and Estuarial Problems; Soil and Water Conservation and Risk Analysis.
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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This illustrated report sets out a global review of the state of the world's freshwater resources, based on the collective work of 24 United Nations agencies, following on from the conclusions of the first UN World Water Development Report 'Water for People, Water for Life' published in 2003 (ISBN 9231038818). This second edition discusses progress towards the water-related targets of the UN Millennium Development Goals and examines a range of key issues including population growth and increasing urbanisation, changing ecosystems, food production, health, industry and energy, as well as risk management, valuing and paying for water and increasing knowledge and capacity. It contains 16 case studies which consider key challenges in water resource management and makes a number of recommendations to guide future action and encourage sustainable use, productivity and management of our increasingly scarce freshwater resources.