Overview
Elaborates how water, soil, and waste may be managed in a nexus approach
Describes how the nexus approach may help combat global change
Reflects how a nexus approach could contribute to better resource management in various contexts
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Climate Change Adaptation
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Urbanization as a Main Driver of Global Change
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Population Growth and Increased Demand for Resources
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About this book
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.
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi is a civil engineer specialised in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. He joined United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) as Academic Officer and leads the Waste Management unit. He previously served as Associate Professor at Lawrence Technological University, USA. Dr. Hettiarachchi’s past research is mainly focused on geotechnical aspects of landfills and properties and behaviour of geomaterials. He holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Resource Management and the Nexus Approach
Book Subtitle: Managing Water, Soil, and Waste in the Context of Global Change
Editors: Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Reza Ardakanian
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28593-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28592-4Published: 18 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80383-8Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28593-1Published: 08 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 209
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Climate Change, Environmental Science and Engineering, Hydrology/Water Resources, Urban Ecology