Chasing water - a guide for moving from scarcity to sustainability

摘要

This new book by chief scientist for water markets for US-based NGO The Nature Conservancy is promoted with a quote from Sandra Postel, who describes it as 'the perfect primer on water scarcity'. In some ways this is an accurate description: the book deals with the complex root causes of water scarcity, with the need to understand water budgets at a local level, and with the options available for managing water resources. All of this is done in less than 200 pages, without resorting to technical language.