Water wars drought, flood, folly, and the politics of thirst /
From the co-author of "Tiger-Wallahs" comes a book on what every person should know--beyond the headlines of the current global water crisis--about the history and fate of our most vital resource.
| Main Author: | Ward, Diane Raines. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Riverhead Books,
2002.
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| Physical Description: |
280 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
From the co-author of "Tiger-Wallahs" comes a book on what every person should know--beyond the headlines of the current global water crisis--about the history and fate of our most vital resource. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-270) and index. Hold back the sea: Climate shock and rising waters -- Sin of scale: Great projects -- Thousand valleys: River basins and utopian dreams -- Dry, drier, driest: greening the desert -- Predicaments: power and water -- Raging rivers: Living in floodplains -- Wars -- Praying for rain -- Epilogue: Everglades. Hold back the sea : climate shock and rising waters -- A sin of scale : the great projects -- A thousand valleys : river basins and utopian dreams -- Dry, drier, driest :greening the desert -- Predicaments : power and water -- Raging rivers : living in floodplains -- The wars -- Praying for rain -- Epilogue : the Everglades. From the co-author of "Tiger-Wallahs" comes a book on what every person should know--beyond the headlines of the current global water crisis--about the history and fate of our most vital resource. |
| Physical Description: |
280 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-270) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1573222291 9781573222297 |