Whose water is it? : the unquenchable thirst of a water-hungry world / edited by Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl.
Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C. National Geographic Society, 2003Description: xx, 232 sISBN:- 0792262387
- 333.91 21
- TD345
- Ppda
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- Udxf
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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)
