Water Wars Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst

Name: Water Wars Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst
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ISBN: 9781573229951

ISBN-10: 1573229954

ISBN-13: 9781573229951

Edition: 2003 (Reprint)

Authors: Diane Raines Ward

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Every day, we hear alarming news about droughts, pollution, population growth, and climate change-which threaten to make water, even more than oil, the cause of war within our lifetime. Diane Raines Ward reaches beyond the headlines to illuminate our most vexing problems and tells the stories of those working to solve them: hydrologists, politicians, engineers, and everyday people. Based on ten years of research spanning five continents, Water Warsoffers fresh insight into a subject to which our fate is inextricably bound.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/3/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.15" wide x 7.92" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction: 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


Epilogue: The Everglades


Notes


Glossary and Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


Selected Bibliography by Subject


Index