Rövid leírás:
This book is a scholarly presentation on issues pertaining to water resource management and agriculture practices. These include water contamination and health; trade-offs between private benefits and sustainable development; and trade and environment.
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Hosszú leírás:
The book is a scholarly presentation on various issues pertaining to water resource management and agriculture practices. These include water contamination and health; trade-off between private benefits and sustainable development; and trade and environment. The volume makes a significant contribution to methodologies for assessing environmental and economic costs and identification of appropriate policy framework for abatement. A special feature of the book is that
it seeks to integrate the issues of suitability across water use for human consumption and for agricultural production by exploring a broad conceptual framework.Case studies from a number of countries such as India, Bangladesh, Belgium, and the European Unionare covered.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Foreword; Introduction;
Valuing Health Damages from Arsenic Contamination;
Trade-offs between Risk and Latency of Health Hazards from Groundwater Contamination;
Sustainable Solutions to Arsenic Contamination of Ground Water;
Farmers as Producers of Clean Water;
The Fundamentals of Physical Hydronomics;
Good Ecology is Good Economics;
Agriculture and Environment;
Assessing Drought Risk and Vulnerability;
Exploring Policy Options for Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Land Use Systems in Hills and Mountains;
Climbing the Pesticide Treadmill into the Debt Trap;
Valuing Benefits of Soil Conservation in Hill Areas of Bangladesh;
Adoption of Soil Conservation Measures in Belgium; Index.
