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Water : the fate of our most precious resource /

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Examines the political and ecological consequences of the uses and misuses of water as increasing demands threaten the global supply--issues compounded by decreasing water table levels and rampant pollution.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Villiers, Marq (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Subjects:
Water-supply.
Water-supply > Political aspects.
Water > Pollution.
Water resources development > Political aspects.
Eau > Approvisionnement.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Aspect politique.
Water > Pollution
Water resources development > Political aspects
Water-supply
Water-supply > Political aspects
Wasser
Table of Contents:
  • The where, what, and how much of the water world (Water in peril - The natural dispensation - Water in history) - Remaking the water world (Climate, weather and water - Unnatural selection - The Aral Sea - To give a dam - The problem with irrigation - Shrinking aquifers - The reengineered river) - The politics of water (The Middle East - The Tigris-Euphrates System - The Nile - The United States and its neighbors - The Chinese dilemma) - What is to be done? (Solutions and manifestos).