On the Water Front vol. 2 presents new analysis from global thought-leaders
New edition features 14 essays on water and water quality issues that build upon research presented at the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm.
On the Water Front is annual publication that offers a collection of the most innovative and important insights presented at the World Water Week in Stockholm. The second edition is a must-read for those interested in the latest knowledge, tools and strategies to resolve the planet’s most pressing water quality challenges.
Each of its chapters are authored by leading luminaries from science, business, and public policy and build upon research presented at the 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm, including Stockholm Water Prize Laureates Dr. Rita Colwell and Prof. Takashi Asano and have been edited and peer reviewed by the World Water Week Scientific Programme Committee.
Download it here to gain knowledge on how the public health sector will be impacted by climate change, the most potent policy cocktails to protect coastal waters, the best-practice solutions to wastewater reclamation and reuse, what the potential onset of peak water and peak phosphorus could mean to humanity, new ideas to mitigate the growing dangers of chemical and agricultural pollution to human and environmental health, and much more.
Contents:
The Intricate Connection of Cholera, Climate and Public Health
by Dr. Rita R. Colwell
Regulating farm non-point source pollution: the inevitability of regulatory capture and conflict of interest?
by Dr. Michelle Perez
A vulnerability-based municipal strategic self-assessment by tool enabling sustainable water service delivery by local government.
by Mr. Allestair Wensley, Mr. Grant Mackintosh and Mr. Eddie Delport
Development of The Healthy River Ecosystem AssessmenT System (THREATS) for integrated change assessments of water quality in Canadian watersheds
by Dr. Monique Dube, Dr. Nicole Nadorozny and Ms. Allison Squires
The concept of peak water.
by Dr. Peter Gleick and Ms. Meena Palaniappan
How hormonally active substances in our environment affect humans and wildlife – what do we know and what can be done?
by Prof. Patricia Burkhardt-Holm
Global challenges to wastewater reclamation and reuse.
by Prof. Takashi Asano and Prof. Akiça Bahri
Peak phosphorus and the eutrophication of surface waters: A symptom of disconnected agricultural and sanitation policies.
by Dr. Arno Rosemarin
Policy cocktails for protecting coastal waters from land-based activities.
by Mr. David Osborn
Pathways to improved water quality.
by Mr. Björn Stigson and Mr. Joppe Cramwrinckel.
Controlling contaminants in urban stormwater: linking environmental science and policy.
by Dr. Jiri Marsalek and Dr. Maria Viklander
Water sector recovery and resourcing in Liberia.
by Mr. Moses Massah & Ms. Chantal Richey.
The impossible dream? The Upper Guadiana system: aligning changes in ecological systems with changes in social systems.
By Dr. Elena Lopez-Gunn, Dr. Pedro Zorrilla and Prof Ramon Llamas Miras
The Indus basin floods of 2010: the cost of agricultural development?
by Dr Daanish Mustafa & Mr. David Wrathall
On the Water Front vol. 2
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On the Water Front vol. 2
On the Water Front vol. 1
Edited by Jan Lundqvist, Chair, World Water Week Scientific Programme Committee (SPC)