The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
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Book Overview
Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of water-related topics. The 2006-2007 volume features overview chapters on: Water and terrorism Business risks of water Water and ecosystems Floods and droughts Desalination Environmental justice and waterThe book contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water as well as an assessment of recent water conferences, including the 4th World Water Forum. It also offers a brief review of issues surrounding the use of bottled water and the possible existence of water on Mars. From one of the world's leading authorities on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1597261068
ISBN13:9781597261067
Release Date:November 2006
Publisher:Island Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:2.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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A Global View of Water
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I highly recommend Gleick's book to anyone who is interested in freshwater statistics on a regional, countrywide, or global basis. As a former state-certified water testing laboratory owner and Director, water researcher, and water book author, Water Voices from Around The World; The Holy Order of Water: Healing the Earth's Waters and Ourselves - I can personally vouch for the usefulness of this publication as a tool for grasping trends about freshwater and the future of our civilization and all life on Earth. Over the many years of the Pacific Institute's publication of this biennial report - the information it presents becomes more valuable with each edition as we come to terms with a rapidly growing water crisis.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This product took a while to come in the mail, but when I received it, it looked brand new.
A gem for water studies
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is the first time I have seen "The World's Water" a bienniall report on the state of the planet's freshwaters and I have found what a gem of information it is. The individual essays on concrete aspects of freshwater in the world today refer to matters that are critical and current. The tables and statistics at the end of the book are up to date references that are extremely useful to gauge the state of freshwater use and abuse in all regions of the world, an unvaluable resource for local activism anywhere in our planet. Simply put, an indispensable book for anyone with interest in freshwater.
The latest information on this topic - a must have
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
A readable survey of the current thinking on water resources. Especially valuable is the detailed index provided to past volumes, which are not at all redundant to the current volume.
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