GEOG10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Reductionism, Water Cycle, Agenda 21
28 Jul 2018
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When we debate the need for desalinization plants, inter-basin water transfers, taxes on bottled water, or the need for international agreements based on water sharing or withdrawal from aquifers, we need a basic understanding of the physical science. Please ensure you are confident with the hydro-cycle. The hydrosocial cycle is based on the concept of the hydrologic cycle, but modifies it in important ways. While the hydrologic cycle has the effect of separating water from its social context, the hydrosocial cycle deliberately attends to water"s social and political nature (linton et al. We contend that the hydrosocial cycle comprises a process of co- constitution as well as material circulation (linton et al. Water privatisation - proponents of privatization assert that private companies will perform better: they will be more efficient, provide more finance, and mobilize higher-quality expertise than their government counterparts. The global water partnership (gwp) definition of iwrm is widely accepted as dominant, describing:
