Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?

Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures?
ISBN-10
9400717741
ISBN-13
9789400717749
Category
Science
Pages
560
Language
English
Published
2011-12-07
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Barbara Rose Johnston, Veronica Strang, Lisa Hiwasaki

Description

Co-published with UNESCO A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples. It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a human right, and a core sustaining element in biodiversity and cultural diversity. The core concepts utilized in this book draw upon a larger trend in sustainability science, a recognition of the synergism and analytical potential in utilizing a coupled biological and social systems analysis, as the functioning viability of nature is both sustained and threatened by humans.

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