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Whose water is it? : the unquenchable thirst of a water-hungry world / edited by Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl.

Contributor(s): Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 2003Description: xx, 232 sISBN:
  • 0792262387
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.91 21
LOC classification:
  • TD345
Other classification:
  • Ppda
  • Ubb
  • Udxf
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Biblioteket HKR Biblioteket 333 Whose Available 11156000166430
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Presents a collection of essays covering every aspect of the water supply crisis that is affecting the global population.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. vii)
  • Introduction (p. xi)
  • Ownership (p. 1)
  • Bottling a Birthright? (p. 9)
  • The World's Water: A Human Right or a Corporate Good? (p. 25)
  • Three Rivers (p. 41)
  • Scarcity (p. 55)
  • Working for Water (p. 65)
  • The Effect of Emerging Water Shortages on the World's Food (p. 77)
  • Mountain Wise and Water Smart (p. 89)
  • Conflict (p. 103)
  • "Water Wars" and Other Tales of Hydromythology (p. 109)
  • From the Forest to the Faucet (p. 125)
  • Accommodation Turns to Conflict: Lessons from the Colorado (p. 139)
  • Prospects (p. 155)
  • Mountain Water: Lifeblood of the Prairies (p. 163)
  • A Child's Reminder (p. 177)
  • A Soft Path: Conservation, Efficiency, and Easing Conflicts over Water (p. 187)
  • Alchemy or Salvation? Desalting the Sea (p. 199)
  • Afterword (p. 213)