The availability of freshwater on a global scale will be one of the most urgent problems in the next century. The book reviews the current stage of the worldwide water crisis.

Interdisciplinary source of reference for freshwater resources Practice-orientated

Inhalt
A Executive Summary.- 1 Summary of individual chapters.- 2 Key recommendations for action.- B Introduction.- 1 Introduction.- C Five years after the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.- 1 Introduction.- 2 International policymaking in response to Global Change.- 3 Local government implementation of AGENDA 21.- 4 Summary and prospects.- D Focus: Water.- 1 The freshwater crisis: Basic elements.- 2 Water in the global network of interrelations - the causal web.- 3 Global water problems and their causes.- 4 Key issues.- 5 Solutions to the global water crisis.- E Recommendations.- 1 Key recommendations for research on freshwater resources.- 2 Key recommendations for policy action on water resources.- F References.- G Glossary.- H The German Advisory Council on Global Change.- I Index.