Water Policy in Pakistan

Water Policy in Pakistan

Issues and Options

Ahmad, Mahmood

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2024

457

Mole

9783031361333

15 a 20 dias

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Part 1: Background and Setting.- Chapter 1. Introduction (Simi Kamal).- Chapter 2: Water Resource Potential: Status and Overview (Mohsin Hafeez and Muhammad Arshad).- Chapter 3: Water Supply and Demand: National and Regional Trends (Shahid Ahmad and Ghufran Ahmad).- Chapter 4: Water Infrastructure and Institutional Setting (from Chapter 8) (Muhammad Arshad and Fahad Amjad).- Chapter 5:Political Economy of Water (Erum Sattar).- Part 2. Sectoral Specific Issues.- Chapter 6: Water and Agriculture - a major area of water policy reforms (Kalim Qamar, Robina Wahaj, Asif Sharif and Mahmood Ahmad).- Chapter 7: Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation (Naseer Ahmad, and Mitsuo Yoshida).- Chapter 8: Water Storage and Hydropower (Daud Ahmad and Aslam Rasheed).- Part 3. Sector-wide Issues.- Chapter 9: Water Pricing, Demand Management, and Allocative Efficiency (Mahmood Ahmad and Ahsan Tayyab).- Chapter 10: Groundwater Overexploitation and Water Mismanagement (Sanval Nasim).- Chapter 11: Water Quality and Salinity (Muhammad Abid Bodla, Mohammad Ashraf and Vaqar Zakaria).- Part 4. Regional. International and Future Issues.- Chapter 12: Wastewater treatment in Pakistan: Issue, challenges and solution (Fozia Parveen, and Sher Jamal Khan).- Chapter 13: Water Treaties: National and international (Azeem Shah, Erum Sattar).- Chapter 14: Water and Climate Change: A New Challenge (Asif Khan , Muhammad Zia-ur-Rahman Hashmi and Aisha Khan).- Chapter 15: Developing knowledge-based capacity for resource management and service delivery (Skill, Information, and Technology-based Resource Management and Service Delivery) (Abubakr Muhammad and James Wescoat).- Part 5. Looking Ahead.- Chapter 16: Toward Secure Water Future: Timeframe and Strategies (Mahmood Ahmad , Abubakr Muhammad and Ahsan Tayyab ).

Framework for a water sector master plan;Agenda for action plan;Key supporting policies;Implementation timeline;Water Management, Sustainability and Conservation;Air pollution mitigation;Climate Change