书目名称 | South Africa’s Water Predicament |
副标题 | Freshwater’s Unceasi |
编辑 | Anja du Plessis |
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概述 | Provides a holistic inter-disciplinary evaluation of South Africa’s deterioration of its freshwater resources.Presents suitable recommendations to transform current freshwater predicaments into priori |
丛书名称 | Water Science and Technology Library |
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描述 | .The book provides a critical evaluation of South Africa’s freshwater resources to illustrate the way in which its freshwater resources, water access, services and infrastructure have continued to decline over the past three decades. The continued decline of water governance, management, water service delivery, dilapidated water infrastructure, dysfunctional local governments and overall excessive water degradation is illustrated and emphasized using real-life examples and case studies from various contexts within the country..The main argument of the book is that South Africa’s freshwater resources have declined to such an extent that it can be described as a predicament. Questionable water governance decisions and reactive water management practices have led to no improvement and/or increased degradation of freshwater resources. An overall lack of service delivery exists across the country, in various contexts, leading to further water and social decline..An inter-disciplinary evaluation of South Africa’s current water predicament is provided, major water crises are prioritized, and suitable recommendations are given to transform its predicament into problems which can be address |
出版日期 | Book 2023 |
关键词 | Water degradation; Water quality and water pollution; Water policy, governance and management; Future s |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24019-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-24021-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-24019-5Series ISSN 0921-092X Series E-ISSN 1872-4663 |
issn_series | 0921-092X |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |