Research Catalog

Title

Management of Latin American river basins : Amazon, Plata, and São Francisco / edited by Asit K. Biswas ... [et al.].

Publication

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c1998.

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Additional Authors

• Biswas, Asit K.
• Latin American Water Forum (1997 : São Paulo, Brazil)

Description

xvii, 325 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Increasing populations, the environmental stresses of economic development, and water-related public health risks make sustainable water management increasingly complex. As per-capita demand for water in developing countries is steadily increasing, analysis indicates that the cost of future water source development will be double to triple the cost of similar projects in the current decade."--BOOK JACKET. "This book gathers expert analyses of issues surrounding three of Latin America's largest and most important rivers, including inter-state and intra-state conflicts over their fair and sustainable use."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Water resources management and policy series

Uniform Title

Water resources management and policy series.

Subject

• Water-supply > Latin America > Management > Congresses
• Water resources development > Amazon River Watershed > Congresses
• Water resources development > Rio de la Plata Watershed (Argentina and Uruguay) > Congresses
• Water resources development > São Francisco River Watershed (Brazil) > Congresses
• Water resources development > International cooperation > Congresses
• Sustainable development > Latin America > Congresses
• Water resources development > Rio de la Plata Watershed > Congresses
• Water resources development > São Francisco River Watershed (Minas Gerais-Alagoas and Sergipe) > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• UNUP-1012"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Reizo Utagawa -- Preface / Asit K. Biswas -- pt. I. The Amazon river basin. 1. Sustainable water-resources development of the Amazon basin / B. Braga, E. Salati and H. Mattos de Lemos. 2. The Amazon policy of Colombia / Fabio Torrijos Quintero. 3. The Amazon Cooperation Treaty: A mechanism for cooperation and sustainable development / Manuel Picasso Botto -- pt. II. The Plata river basin. 4. The hydrology of the Upper Paraguay basin / Carlos E.M. Tucci, Fernando Genz and Robin T. Clarke. 5. Water-resources management of the Plata basin / Victor Pochat.

ISBN

928081012X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^98058084^

OCLC

• 224031409
• SCSB-10349082

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library