How Long to Read Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect

How Long Does it Take to Read Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect by Larry Swatuk

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In line with COP21 agreements, state-led climate change mitigation and adaptation actions are being undertaken to transition to carbon-neutral, green economies. However, the capacity of many countries for action is limited and may result in a ‘boomerang effect’, defined as the unintended negative consequences of such policies and programmes on local communities and their negative feedbacks on the state. To avoid this effect, there is a need to understand the policy drivers, decision-making processes, and impacts of such action, in order to determine the ways and means of minimizing negative effects and maximizing mutually beneficial policy outcomes. This book directly engages the policy debates surrounding water resources and climate actions through both theoretical and comparative case studies. It develops the ‘boomerang effect’ concept and sets it in relation to other conceptual tools for understanding the mixed outcomes of state-led climate change action, for example ‘backdraft’ effect and ‘maldevelopment’. It also presents case studies illustrative of the consequences of ill-considered state-led policy in the water sector from around the world. These include Africa, China, South Asia, South America, the Middle East, Turkey and Vietnam, and examples of groundwater, hydropower development and forest hydrology, where there are often transboundary consequences of a state's policies and actions. In this way, the book adds empirical and theoretical insights to a still developing debate regarding the appropriate ways and means of combating climate change without undermining state and social development.

How long is Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect?

Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect by Larry Swatuk is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect aloud.

What Reading Level is Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect?

Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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