Water security : a primer

Book

Water security : a primer / contributing authors: Emma Norman with Karen Bakker [and others].

Bakker, Karen. (Added Author). Norman, Emma. (Added Author). University of British Columbia. Program on Water Governance. (Added Author).

Summary:

Is Canada's water secure? According to Environment Canada, one quarter of all Canadian communities experienced water shortages during the latter half of the 1990s. Water quality in over a thousand small and rural communities is as bad as or worse than that in many developing countries. Likewise, at the time of writing, more than 100 First Nations communities live with permanent boil water advisories (Phare 2009). Across the country the effects of decades of under-investment in water treatment networks are now apparent: over the next two decades, Canada's aging water networks will have to be replaced at the cost of an estimated $100 billion (Bakker 2009; Environment Canada 2004).

Record details

ISBN: 9780888656988
ISBN: 088865698X
Physical Description: vi, 47 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : Program on Water Governance, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-46).
Formatted Contents Note:: 1. The evolving concept of water security -- The water security challenge -- How water security is defined: evolution of water security definitions -- Elements of a water security paradigm in Canada -- Water security versus secure water -- Transboundary water security -- Summary: what is water security.

2. Water security in action -- Assessing water security -- What is an indicator -- Who develops indicators -- Who uses indicators -- Approaches to assess water security in Canada: an inventory of indicators -- Key findings -- Existing water resource indices -- Indicators of healthy ecosystems, evaluating stressors -- Putting water security in action -- What is water governance -- What is good governance -- Delegated and collaborative water governance.

3. Securing water for our future, next steps -- Steps to help achieve water security -- References.