Resources, Services and Risks

Synopsis

This book discusses the role of observatories in supportingevidence-based decision-making. The book focuses on issues of data accessibility,monitoring frameworks and governance processes with regard to environmentalresources - water, soil and waste. This publication highlights challenges related to policy-implementationmeasures and examines current monitoring approaches, and illustrates how theUNU-FLORES Nexus Observatory seeks to overcome concerns related to data,monitoring and governance of water, soil and waste resources. In particular,given that extreme weather events such as droughts and floods are predicted tobecome more frequent in the future, it discusses the need for improved hazardrisk monitoring. It proposes risk indices for drought and floods, which measureexposure and vulnerability to the phenomena through a multitude ofbio-physical, socio-economic and institutional indicators. Furthermore, thepotential for using openly accessible data made available through observatoriesin decision-making aimed at improving food security is also discussed. It acknowledgesgovernments as key players in environmental resource management, and recognizesthat decentralization reforms, as well as the emergence of information andcommunication technologies, have significantly changed the role of governmentsin promoting sustainable development. The book is particularlyrelevant for decision-makers, donor agencies, practitioners and students withan interest in environmental management who are also keen followers ofdiscussions on the post-2015 monitoring agenda.

Copyright:

2016

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783319287065

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing, Cham

Date of Addition:

09/06/16

Copyrighted By:

Springer

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Politics and Government

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.