Environmental Resource Management and the Nexus Approach : Managing Water, Soil, and Waste in the Context of Global Change

Angaben aus der Verlagsmeldung. - This book elaborates how water, soil, and waste may be managed in a nexus and how this approach may help combat global change. In addition to providing a brief account on nexus thinking and how it may help us tackle issues important to the world community such as food security, the book presents the environmental resource perspective of three main aspects of global change: climate change, urbanization, and population growth.Taking as its point of departure the thematic discussions of the Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC 2015) held in March 2015, the book presents the perspectives of a number of thought leaders on how the nexus approach could contribute to sustainable environmental resource management.The first chapter provides an introduction to the issues and consent of the book. Chapters 2 and 3 are focusing on climate change adaptation. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the role of urbanization as a main driver of global change. Last two chapters of the book are presenting ideas on how nexus approach may be used to cope up with population growth and increased demand for resources