Water: Science, Society and Sustainability in a Changing World - Innovative Solutions at the Intersection of Climate, Policy and Technology

In the context of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021 2030) and the EU s Water Resilience Strategy and against the backdrop of the escalating climate and water crisis, this book presents a timely, urgent, and comprehensive exploration of water from multiple disciplinary lenses. 
Climate change is intensifying water-related challenges globally affecting water availability, exacerbating extreme weather events, and undermining the predictability and safety of water supplies. As such, this book argues that the climate crisis is fundamentally a water crisis, and that an integrated, systems-level approach is critical to understanding and addressing it.
The book will explore the interconnected roles of chemistry, biology, engineering, social sciences, governance, and economics in managing and protecting water resources. It emphasises how shifts in water systems have profound implications for human health, biodiversity, economic development, and global security. This book highlights the urgent need to incorporate water education in primary and secondary schools to increase society's water and ocean literacy.

List of contents

Preface.- Foreword.- Introduction.- Empowering Communities.- Silent Pollutants.- Engineering a Sustainable Water future.- The Science of Water.- Desalination.- Conversations on Water and its Many Meanings.- Conversations on Water and its Many Meanings.- Valuing Water.- Dividing the Waters.- On the Move.- Navigating Impacts.- Engineering the Invisible.- Waterborne clues.- From Data to Decision.- Rethinking Howe We See, Use and Protect Our Most Vital Resource.- From Lab Bench to Riverbank.- Conclusion.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yan Delaure (Editor), Eilish McLoughlin (Editor), Fiona Regan (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.05.2026
• EAN: 9783032159038
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3215903-8
• Illustrations: Approx. 200 p. 23 illus., 10 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Water
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Biotechnologie, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung), Water, Umweltfaktoren in der Medizin, Environmental Health, environmental biotechnology, Water Management, Pollution, Umweltverschmutzung und Gefahren für die Umwelt, Citizen Science, Climate Sciences, nature-based solutions, climate change impacts, Sustainable Solutions, Water Industry and water Technologies, Water Policy and Water Governance