'So often environmental protection is neglected in the social entrepreneurship literature, even though the environmental movement has a lot to offer in terms of empirical and theoretical developments. This book makes a hugely important contribution to filling that gap, lending weight to social...

The report, building on a policy dialogue with a range of stakeholders in Korea, analyses how economic policy instruments under the responsibility of the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport can be adjusted to contribute to water policy objectives. It also investigates how Smart...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Boxed Examples and Case Studies -- Figures -- Tables -- Plates -- Acronyms -- Preface -- 1. Water for Life: A Global Overview -- 2. Interrelationships of Tourism With Water -- 3. Measuring Water Use in Tourism -- 4. Managing Water in Tourism: Effective Business and...

Chapter One: policy fragmentation -- Eras of survival and accommodation -- Chapter Two: dreams of reclamation -- Chapter Three: pressures to adapt -- Chapter Four: politics and the Colorado river -- Chapter Five: great projects and great controversies -- Part Two: era of competition -- Chapter...

1. Introduction -- 2. Changing the frame : repositioning policy -- 3. Process of economic liberalization and private sector participation -- 4. Water in the liberalization process -- 5. Situating Delhi in the water reform project -- 6. Mainstreaming policy : discourses of power -- 7. Creating...

Seit mehreren Jahren bestimmen veränderte Zielsetzungen in Europa den politischen Handlungsrahmen in der Organisation der Wasserwirtschaft und folgen dem Trend zu stärker ökonomisch und ökologisch ausgerichtetem Handeln. So fordert die Europäische Wasserrahmenrichtlinie u.a. die Umsetzung...

Water is essential for economic growth, human health, and the environment. Pressures on water resources are exerted by overexploitation or inefficient use, as well as by degradation of water quality. Governments around the world face significant challenges in managing their water resources...

"A follow-up to her ground-breaking translations of Rumi in Gold, poet and musician Haleh Liza Gafori translates a new selection of work by the great Persian mystic that will muster the soul and stir the spirit. Water expands on Gold, Haleh Liza Gafori's inspired and widely praised translation...