Doing Regional Water Security (Paperback)

Paperback. Searches on the Internet show water insecurity exists and grows in developed and developingdemocracies. A realistic way of obtaining and maintaining regional water security remains unknown.Doing Regional Water Security explains a way to obtain water security. To obtain security that is tailored to fit their regional water community, people think and act as waterstakeholders/voters in their community. They obtain input from other participants, namely guidancefrom a facilitative/interdisciplinary leader, advice from discipline specialists, and assistance from supportstaff. After identifying the contexts of water security, stakeholders/voters and other participants obtainsecurity by making decisions and taking actions in a sequence of stages and steps in the region and itswater problem-sheds. The process is complex and difficult. It requires time and persistence. Yet, securitycan be obtained. Participants record lessons learned which are shared with people elsewhere who wantto pursue water security. Various individuals and groups are likely to find the regional water security process useful. They includepeople who experience or anticipate water insecurity; legislative bodies and executives which provideneeded legal authority and financial resources; water security practitioners; water technology and relatedorganizations; and nongovernmental environmental organizations. These entities exist within orcross local, state/provincial, federal and/or national boundaries. Water security researchers review lessons learned and conduct independent research on the regionalwater security process. Graduate and undergraduate students learn and apply lessons learned andresearch conclusions which they employ during their careers, thereby increasing future water security indeveloped and developing democracies. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…