Natural Infrastructure for Achieving Water Security

The Role of Ecosystems in the Water Cycle
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-8153-6025-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

This book assesses the potential for delivering water management solutions through conserving or restoring the natural infrastructure of ecosystems and their interactions in the landscape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Acreman, Mike

Coates, David

Davidson, Nick

McInnes, Rob

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Hochwasserschutz (Bauingenieurwesen)

Über Autor(innen)

Mike Acreman is Head of Hydro-ecology and Wetlands, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK, and Visiting Professor of Hydro-ecology at University College London. He was freshwater management advisor to the IUCN-The World Conservation Union and has worked in numerous countries for DFID, World Bank, European Commission, IUCN, Ramsar Convention, Biodiversity Convention and national governments.
David Coates lead the work on biodiversity and water, food and energy at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), based in Montreal, Canada. He has extensive previous experience working in Africa and Asia, including for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Mekong River Commission.
Nick Davidson was Deputy Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands from 2000 to 2014. He is currently an environmental consultant based in the UK and Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Rob McInnes is an independent Chartered Environmentalist based in the UK,with over 20 years experience in wetland-related environmental reseach, consultancy and conservation. He serves on the Ramsar Convention’s Scientific and Technical Review Panel and is currently Task Lead on Urban Wetlands.