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- Multidisciplinary and multi-institutional orientation with regional focus on Mexico
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace (HSHES, volume 7)
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Hydrological Processes and Management of Basins
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Front Matter
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Water Use, Availability and Alternative Sources
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About this book
Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. Water stress rises due to physical and economic stress. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team analyzes hydrological processes in basins and their interaction with climate, soil and biota. Competing water use in agriculture, industry and domestic needs require savings, decontamination processes and desalination to satisfy the growing demand. Water quality affects health and ecosystems. This creates conflicts and cooperation that may be enhanced by public policy, institution building and social organization.
Editors and Affiliations
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Centro Regional de Investigaciones, Multidisciplinarias (CRIM), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Úrsula Oswald Spring
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Resources in Mexico
Book Subtitle: Scarcity, Degradation, Stress, Conflicts, Management, and Policy
Editors: Úrsula Oswald Spring
Series Title: Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05432-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05431-0Published: 06 October 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-27130-4Published: 27 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-05432-7Published: 26 August 2011
Series ISSN: 1865-5793
Series E-ISSN: 1865-5807
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 530
Topics: Hydrogeology, Hydrology/Water Resources, Agriculture, Soil Science & Conservation, Physical Geography