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9780415713689 0415713684 This volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding water management and food security in the rapidly developing Latin American region. It focuses on four key themes: setting out the background to water, nature and food in the region; drivers of changing conditions; pressures and challenges; and responses and enabling conditions. Although the main emphasis is on seven Latin America countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru), many chapters take a regional approach, covering a vast domain of data and variables pertaining to Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors provide an analytical and factual view of the challenges that globalisation, water use in various sectors and the enhancement of well-being and livelihoods of the poorest, represent in the region. They also explore current policy responses and the participation of civil society. They provide arguments that Latin America can indeed become a food basket for the world. However, to keep drivers and enabling factors within safe operating boundaries, a close and delicate balance will be needed to protect the region's valuable ecosystems and the poorest households., This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC's trends progress requires framing this region in the global context: an ever more globalized world where LAC has an increasing geopolitical power and a growing presence in international food markets. The book's specific objectives are: (1) exploring the improvements and links between water and food security in LAC countries; (2) assessing the role of the socio-economic 'megatrends' in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region's observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy. This poses new and important challenges for sustainable development. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the improvement of human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book., This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the trends in water resources management in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over the last decade, its contribution to regional development and human well-being, with special emphasis on the role of water for food security, and the challenges ahead. While the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast domain of data and variables pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC's trends requires framing this region in the global context: a region with increasing geopolitical power in an ever globalized world and with a growing presence in international food markets. Accordingly, the book specific objectives are: (1) exploring the progress and links between water and food security in LAC, using prospective analysis and up to date literature; (2) investigating the role of the socio-economic 'megatrends' in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region's observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy, posing new challenges. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the achievement of true and universal human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book.
9780415713689 0415713684 This volume addresses fundamental issues surrounding water management and food security in the rapidly developing Latin American region. It focuses on four key themes: setting out the background to water, nature and food in the region; drivers of changing conditions; pressures and challenges; and responses and enabling conditions. Although the main emphasis is on seven Latin America countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru), many chapters take a regional approach, covering a vast domain of data and variables pertaining to Latin America and the Caribbean. The authors provide an analytical and factual view of the challenges that globalisation, water use in various sectors and the enhancement of well-being and livelihoods of the poorest, represent in the region. They also explore current policy responses and the participation of civil society. They provide arguments that Latin America can indeed become a food basket for the world. However, to keep drivers and enabling factors within safe operating boundaries, a close and delicate balance will be needed to protect the region's valuable ecosystems and the poorest households., This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC's trends progress requires framing this region in the global context: an ever more globalized world where LAC has an increasing geopolitical power and a growing presence in international food markets. The book's specific objectives are: (1) exploring the improvements and links between water and food security in LAC countries; (2) assessing the role of the socio-economic 'megatrends' in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region's observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy. This poses new and important challenges for sustainable development. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the improvement of human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book., This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the trends in water resources management in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over the last decade, its contribution to regional development and human well-being, with special emphasis on the role of water for food security, and the challenges ahead. While the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast domain of data and variables pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru). A full understanding of LAC's trends requires framing this region in the global context: a region with increasing geopolitical power in an ever globalized world and with a growing presence in international food markets. Accordingly, the book specific objectives are: (1) exploring the progress and links between water and food security in LAC, using prospective analysis and up to date literature; (2) investigating the role of the socio-economic 'megatrends' in LAC, identifying feedback processes between the region's observed pattern of changes regarding key biophysical, economic and social variables linked to water and food security; and (3) reviewing the critical changes that are taking place in the institutional and governance water spheres, including the role of civil society, which may represent a promising means to advancing towards the goal of improving water security in LAC. The resulting picture shows a region where recent socioeconomic development has led to important advances in the domains of food and water security. Economic growth in LAC and its increasingly important role in international trade are intense in terms of use of natural resources such as land, water and energy, posing new challenges. The reinforcement of national and global governance schemes and their alignment on the achievement of true and universal human well-being is and will remain an inescapable prerequisite to the achievement of long-lasting security. Supporting this bold idea with facts and science-based conclusions is the ultimate goal of the book.