The development of societies is shaped to a large extent by their resources base, notably water resources. Access to and control of water depend primarily on the available technology and engineering feats, such as river-diversion structures, canals, dams and dikes. As growing human pressure on water resources brings actual water use closer to potential ceilings, supply-augmentation options get scarcer, and societies, therefore, usually respond by adopting conservation measures and by reallocating water towards more beneficial uses.
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书目信息
出版者
International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
页码
v, 32p.
其它主题
Farm ponds; Water use efficiency
语言
英语
类型
Book; Monograph
2010-06-15
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