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"This volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding water management and food security in the rapidly developing Latin America and Caribbean region. It focuses on four key themes: setting out the background to water, nature and food in the region; drivers of changing conditions; pressures and challenges; and responses and enabling conditions"--
List of contents
Part 1: Introduction 1. Water and Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Opportunities to Cope with Global Challenges Part 2: Setting the Scene 2. Water Resources Assessment 3. Trends in Land Use and Ecosystem Services in Latin America 4. Socio-economic Megatrends for Water and Food Security in Latin America 5. Globalization and Trade 6. Tracking Progress and Links between Water and Food Security in Latin America and the Caribbean Part 3: Water for Food and Non-food 7. Water and Agriculture 8. Water Security and Cities 9. Water, Energy, Bioenergy, Industry and Mining Part 4: Economic, Legal and Institutional Factors for Achieving Water and Food Security 10. Water Efficiency: Status and Trends 11. Reforming Water Governance Structures in LAC 12.. The Role of Stakeholders in Water Management in LAC 13. Economic Instruments for Allocating Water and Financing Services 14. Legal Framework and Economic Incentives for Managing Ecosystem Services 15. Rethinking Integrated Water Resources Management: Towards Water and Food Security through Adaptive Management
About the author
Bárbara A. Willaarts is a Researcher at the Water Observatory – Botín Foundation and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM), Technical University of Madrid, Spain.
Alberto Garrido is a Professor in Agricultural Economics, Technical University of Madrid, Director of the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks (CEIGRAM) and Deputy Director of the Water Observatory – Botín Foundation, Madrid, Spain.
M. Ramón Llamas is the Director of the Water Observatory – Botín Foundation and Emeritus Professor at Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
Summary
This volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding water management and food security in the rapidly developing Latin America and Caribbean region. It focuses on four key themes: setting out the background to water, nature and food in the region; drivers of changing conditions; pressures and challenges; and responses and enabling conditions.
