Water and Territory in Latin America

Water and Territory in Latin America
Author: Vladimir Arana
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2016-05-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319303430

This book focuses in the current situation of water resources, water supply and sanitation, and population movement in Latin America. It identifies new phenomena and challenges that will put more pressure on water resources in the near future and that will create important socioeconomic constraints in population and their governments. This volume offers an evaluation of water resources availability and consumption, water supply and sanitation shortages, management models and population growth and territory occupation trends in eighteen Latin American countries. Also a set of recommendations, policy proposals and projects is outlined.

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 1993-1996

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 1993-1996
Author: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher: United Nations
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This publication gives insight into the economic trends, the international economy and the role of exchange rate policy in the region. It also explores the economic developments by country. Included also is a statistical annex on diskette.

El riego en América Latina y el Caribe en cifras

El riego en América Latina y el Caribe en cifras
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789250044590

This survey, presented in English and Spanish, covers 32 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The purpose of the survey is to: provide a clear picture of rural water resources management on a country basis with emphasis on irrigation, and featuring major characteristics, trends, constraints and perspectives; help support continental and regional analyses by providing reliable information and to serve as a tool for large scale planning and forecasting. The survey was done by means of: literature review; data collection using a questionnaire; data processing and critical analysis of the information; preparation of a country profile.

Water and Cities in Latin America

Water and Cities in Latin America
Author: Ismael Aguilar-Barajas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-05-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1317906896

Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres. Pressure on water resources and water management in cities therefore provide major challenges. Despite the importance of the issues, there has been little systematic coverage of the topic in book form. This work fills a gap in the literature by providing both thematic overviews and case study chapters. It reviews key aspects of why water matters in cities and presents case studies on topics such as groundwater management, green growth and water services, inequalities in water supply, the financing of water services and flood management. Detailed examples are described from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, and there is also a chapter comparing lessons which might be learnt from US cities. Contributing authors are drawn from both within and outside the region, including from the Inter-American Development Bank, OECD and World Bank to set the issues in a global context.

Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean

Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Bárbara A. Willaarts
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1134682808

This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC’s trends progress requires framing this region in the global context: an ever more globalized world where LAC has an increasing geopolitical power and a growing presence in international food markets. The book’s specific objectives are: (1) exploring the improvements and links between water and food security in LAC countries; (2) assessing the role of the socio-economic ‘megatrends’ in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region’s observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy. This poses new and important challenges for sustainable development. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the improvement of human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book.

Environmental Land Use Planning

Environmental Land Use Planning
Author: Seth Appiah-Opoku
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2012-11-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9535108328

Environmental Land Use Planning brings together leading scholars in the field of environmental problem solving to examine environmental problems and effects on land uses; analytical methods and tools in the field; and the role of governments, community grants and tradable permits in environmental planning. The chapters are based on empirical research from countries around the globe including Canada, USA, China, Nigeria, Germany, Serbia, Venezuela, and Brazil. The book discusses such issues as predicting changes in land use pattern, ecological footprint analysis, socioeconomic and behavioral modeling, and flood control approaches. It is insightful and serves as an important resource and reference material on environmental management.