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Assessing Global Water Megatrends
Langbeschreibung
This book highlights what are likely to be the future megatrends in the water sector and why and how they should be incorporated to improve water governance in the coming decades. In this first ever book on megatrends for the water sector, 22 leading world experts from different disciplines representing academia, business, government, national and international organisations discuss what the major megatrends of the future are and how they will radically change water governance in the coming decades.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Assessing Global Water Megatrends.- Water: A Megatrends Perspective.- Population Megatrends and Water Management.- Harvesting Experience for Sustainable Urban Water Management.- Future of Water Resource Recovery.- Smart Water and Water Megatrend Management and Mitigation.- Megatrends in Shared Waters in 2030 and Beyond.- Megatrends in Hindu Kush Himalaya: Climate Change, Urbanization and Migration and their implications for Water, Energy and Food.- Shift in Water Thinking Crucial for Sub-Saharan Africa's Future.- Singapore: Transforming Water Scarcity into a Virtue.- Future Water Management: Myths in Indian Agriculture.- Policy Options for Reducing Water for Agriculture in Saudi Arabia.- Nestlé and Its Response to Megatrends in Water.
Philippe Rohner joined Pictet Asset Management in 2002 and he is a Senior Investment Manager. Philippe is co-manager of Pictet's Water funds. Previously he was at Pictet, as an Equity Analyst in the Institutional Brokerage Services (now Helvea SA) starting in 1998. He began his career as a Chemical Engineer at Texaco's Port Arthur Research Labs (Air & Water Conservation Dept). Then he joined Ciba-Geigy where he held managerial positions in R&D and Manufacturing both in Switzerland and the UK. As Investor Relations Manager, he was part of the task force in the successful spin-off of Ciba Specialty Chemicals as part of the Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz merger. Philippe holds a Ph.D from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), an MBA Degree from the University of Strathclyde and completed post graduate courses in Environmental Engineering from the University of Texas.
ISBN-13:
9789811066955
Veröffentl:
2018
Seiten:
251
Autor:
Asit K. Biswas
Serie:
Water Resources Development and Management
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
1 - PDF Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
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