When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0807085731
ISBN 13
9780807085738
Category
General Collection
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Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Pages
xi, 324
Subject
Environmental Science
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Abstract
In this groundbreaking exploration of the impending world water crisis, veteran environmental reporter Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. He provides our most complete portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for us all.
Description
xi, 324 p.; 24 cm
Biblio Notes
Chapter 1 When the rivers run dry...the crops fail -- Chapter 2 When the rivers run dry...we mine our children's water -- Chapter 3 When the rivers run dry ... the wet places die -- Chapter 4 When the rivers run dry .. floods may not be far behind -- Chapter 5 When the rivers run dry ...engineers pour concrete -- Chapter 6 When the rivers run dry ...men go to war over water -- Chapter 7 When the rivers run dry ...civilizations fall -- Chapter 8 When the rivers run dry ...we go looking for new water -- Chapter 9 When the rivers run dry ...we try to catch the rain -- Chapter 10 When the rivers run dry ...we go with the flow
Number of Copies
1
