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Summary
Summary
This volume provides a modern assessment of the state of the world's water resources. It collects in one place a huge amount of data. A uniform methodological approach for each continent is then built upon to analyse the dynamics of water resources, water use and water availability for the Earth as a whole, and for all natural-economic regions and selected countries, as well as river water inflow to the World Ocean. A dependence of water resources and water use upon climate factors and socio-economic conditions is demonstrated. Regions of water stress and deficit are highlighted, and a great increase of such regions in the future is forecast if present trends towards water use remain. The effect of anthropogenic climate change on water resources and water needs is also considered. This volume will prove to be an invaluable resource for all researchers and policy-makers involved in water resource issues.
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This UNESCO volume represents a substantial collection of global water resources featuring runoff formation and its use, available observation data, and assessments for each continent. The first three chapters ("The Earth and Its Physical Features," "Water Resources Assessments," and "Methods for Assessing and Forecasting Global Water Use and Water Availability") introduce the distribution of world water resources and the importance of recognizing global water resources and the basic methods for assessing the resources. The next six chapters (on water resources, water use, and water availability in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia and Oceania, respectively) discuss water resources by continent. The last three chapters ("Global Renewable Water Resources in Space and Time," "World Water Use and Water Availability," and "Climate Change and Water Resources") refine world water resources in various ways and include a synthesis of global climate change. Mathematics is kept to a minimum while data tables, charts, maps, analyses, and references abound. A wealth of water resources data, this volume promises to be a valuable resource that should be on every water researcher's bookshelf. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; two-year technical program students. M. S. Field U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Table of Contents
| Part 1 The Earth and its Physical FeaturesV. I. Babkin |
| Part 2 Water Resources AssessmentV. I. Babkin |
| Part 3 Methods for Assessing and Forecasting |
| Global Water Use and Water AvailabilityI. A. Shiklomanov and N. V. Penkova |
| Part 4 Water Resources, Water Use and Water Availability in EuropeI. P. Zaretskaya |
| Part 5 Water Resources, Water Use and Water Availability in Asia |
| Part 6 Water Resources, Water Use and Water Availability in Africa |
| Part 7 Water Resources, Water Use and Water Availability in North AmericaA. V. Izmailova |
| 84 Introduction |
| 85 Physical conditions |
| 86 Geology, relief and landscape |
| 87 Climate |
| 88 Hydrology |
| 89 Socio-economic conditions and the use of water resources |
| 90 Population |
| 91 Economic characteristics |
| 92 Assessments of water use |
| 93 Use of water resources |
| 94 Hydrological data |
| 95 Distribution of water resources in time and spaceA. V. Izmailova and T. G. Markelova |
| 96 Data and methods |
| 97 Regional and national water resources |
| 98 Drainage to the oceans and flows in the major rivers |
| 99 The distribution of runoff within the year |
| 100 Changes in water use and water availability |
| 101 Data |
| 102 Changes and trends in water use |
| 103 The availability of water in the regions and in certain countries |
| 104 Water management problems in North America |
| Part 8 Water Resources, Water Use and Water Availability in South America |
| Part 9 Water Resources, Water Use and Water Availability in Australia and Oceania |
| Part 10 Global Renewable Water Resources in Space and TimeI. A. Shiklomanov |
| 140 Review of existing assessments |
| Part 11 World Water Use and Water AvailabilityI. A. Shiklomanov |
| 143 Analysis of the available estimates and predictions |
| 144 Trends in world water use |
| 145 Water availability and water stress |
| Part 12 Climate Change and Water ResourcesV. Y. Georgiyevsky and I. A. Shiklomanov |
| 146 Introduction |
| 147 Global climate change |
| Part 12 Climate Change and Water ResourcesV. Y. Georgiyevsky and I. A. Shiklomanov |
| 146 Introduction |
| 147 Global climate change |
