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04331cam a22004574a 4500 001 B14BE7CC2B0711DE986A0F08A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20150520012456 008 031031s2004 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2003023956 020 $a 9781853839269 (hardback : alk. paper) 020 $a 1853839264 (hardback : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781853839276 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 1853839272 (pbk. : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d MUQ $d YBM $d BAKER $d CRH $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCG $d STF $d OCLCQ $d IOG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QH541.15.E19 $b F35 2004 082 00 $a 333.91 $2 22 100 1 $a Falkenmark, Malin, $d 1925- 245 1 $a Balancing water for humans and nature : $b the new approach in ecohydrology / $c Malin Falkenmark and Johan Rockstrom ; with contributions by Hubert Savenije. 260 $a Sterling, VA : $b Earthscan, $c 2004. 300 $a xxiv, 247 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-238) and index. 505 0 $a pt. 1. Water functions in the life-support system -- 1. Water, the bloodstream of the biosphere -- Water as the liquid of life -- Focusing on invisible water -- Different scales of water-plant interaction -- Human landscape interventions -- Summary -- 2. Water availability, expanding the perspective -- A conceptual shift to incorporate water for ecosystems -- Introducing soil water into the water balance equation -- Water resource estimates -- Summary -- 3. Human water requirements -- Household and industrial water needs -- Distinguishing between water use and consumptive water use -- Current green water requirements for food production -- Generic human water requirements -- Additional water requirements to feed humanity by 2050 -- Summary -- 4. Incorporating water for ecosystem 'services' -- Expanding the paradigm -- Water flows to sustain food production -- Green water flows are sustaining major biomes -- Committed and uncommitted water flows -- The blue water bias is unwarranted -- Summary -- 5. Regional differences -- The green water perspective -- The blue water perspective -- The combined perspective -- Summary -- pt. 2. Closing upon the vulnerable Savanna Zone -- 6. Vulnerability of the Savanna Zone -- Drylands, the cradle of mankind -- Savanna agro-ecosystems, a most difficult challenge -- Hydroclimatic challenges and opportunities -- The need to distinguish droughts and dry spells -- Summary -- 7. Water perspectives on feeding humanity -- More crop per drop -- Can irrigation expansion solve the food challenge? -- Potential to increase rainfed production -- More crop per drop by reducing non-productive green water losses -- Global assessment of the water that can be gained -- Remaining water requirements to feed humanity -- Summary -- 8. Closing the yield gap on the Savanna, the real world perspective -- Changing the farmers' risk perception -- Broadening the narrow approaches of the past -- Water sources for dry spell mitigation -- The upstream-downstream perspective -- Summary -- pt. 3. Socio-ecohydrological balancing -- 9. Finding the balance between water for humans and for nature -- Humans and ecosystems depend on the same water -- Learning to live with change -- The challenge of feeding humanity -- Implications for management of catchments -- Summary -- 10. Towards hydrosolidarity through integrated land/water/ecosystem management -- Human life support and the millennium declaration -- Present shifts in thinking and challenges to the 'sanctioned discourse' -- Combining social, ecological and economic approaches -- The road towards hydrosolidarity -- Conclusions. 650 0 $a Ecohydrology. 650 0 $a Human ecology. 650 0 $a Water use. 650 6 $a EÌcohydrologie. 650 6 $a EÌcologie humaine. 650 6 $a Eau $x Utilisation. 700 1 $a RockstroÌm, Johan. 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0410/2003023956.html 941 $a 6 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406013942.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180710095254.0 952 $l UWAX953 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UTAX115 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B14BE7CC2B0711DE986A0F08A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOGInitiate Another SILO Locator Search