| Author | : François Molle |
| File Size | : 45,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : IWMI |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 17 June 2024 |
| ISBN | : 9789290905240 |
| Pages | : 42 pages |
Development Trajectories of River Basins by François Molle Book PDF Summary
The development of societies is shaped to a large extent by their resources base, notably water resources. Access to and control of water depend primarily on the available technology and engineering feats, such as river-diversion structures, canals, dams and dikes. As growing human pressure on water resources brings actual water use closer to potential ceilings, supply-augmentation options get scarcer, and societies, therefore, usually respond by adopting conservation measures and by reallocating water towards more beneficial uses.