Ever since 9/11, many have considered al Queda to be the leading threat to global security, but falling water tables in countries that contain more than half the world's people and rising temperatures worldwide pose a far more serious threat. Spreading wat

A Primer for Health Professionals in Alameda County in Northern California.

Symbiosis is a quarterly journal concerned with a broad range of issues about health care and the environment. Symbiosis explores ecological principles of healing and medicine that support a healthy relationship with the living earth. Our audience is healt

Return to the Food System Portal The Public Health sector of the Food Wheel is organized by society to protect, promote, and restore the people's health. Participants in the food system portal that work in Public Health can add themselves to this page. We

Robert Young aims to provide the most comprehensive exposition to-date of the application of nonmarket economic valuation methods to proposed water resources investments and policies. He provides a conceptual framework for valuation of both commodity and p

The purpose of this book is to provide practical guidance on how to achieve compliance with EU law principles of Competition and the Water framework Directive. It is a comprehensive assessment of the tools required to engage the private sector as a partner

The story of "the great thirst" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundley's outstanding history, with additional photographs and incisive descriptions of the major water-policy issues facing California now: accelerating urbanization o

While professionals widely agree on what constitutes sound water resource management, they have not yet reached a consensus on the best ways of implementing policies. Policymakers have considered pricing water—a debated intervention—in many variations. Set

The UNESCO Water Portal is intended to enhance access to information related to freshwater available on the World Wide Web. The site provides links to the current UNESCO and UNESCO-led programmes on freshwater and will serve as an interactive point for sha

The triennial U.N. World Water Development Report (WWDR2) is a joint undertaking of 24 UN agencies comprising UN-Water in partnership with governments and other stakeholders, and coordinated by WWAP. The Report builds on the conclusions of the 1st United N