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drought, flood, folly, and the politics of thirst
"The story of water is fascinating, complex, with roots as deep as civilization. Despite its profound, life-giving role in our planet's history, what we hear about it today is mostly bad news: The world's supply is severely at risk. We're reminded of this daily, with word of another drought, or alarming statistics about pollution, population growth, and climate changes, which together threaten to make water, even more than oil, the cause of war within our life time. Why have we allowed something so elemental to our existence to drift into such a precarious state? And what can we do to change the course we're on?" "Water Wars seeks the answers to these urgent questions in the places where the struggle to control water has been most intense. After a decade of traveling and reporting on five continents, Diane Raines Ward has produced an intimate look at the world's most embattled water regions, as well as the most inspiring advocates to emerge from them. Each has a compelling story to tell."--Jacket.
Sweet water -- 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 -- The everglades.
1st Riverhead hardcover edition: August 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index.