SubjectThe Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource
New reference on the world's water
Softcover | 2009 | Edition: 2 | #179632 | ISBN-13: 9781844078271
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- Contents
- Reviews
Part I: A Finite Resource;
1 The Global Water Pot;
2 Water Shortage;
3 Rising Demand;
4 Dwindling Supply;
5 Competition and Conflict.;
6 Climate Change;
Part II: Environmental Pressures;
7 Urbanization;
8 Altered Flows;
9 Draining Wetlands;
10 Drylands and Droughts;
11 Floods;
Part III: Water for Living;
12 Water for Drinking;
13 Water for Sanitation;
14 Water at Home;
15 Water and Disease;
16 Harbouring Disease;
17 Water for Food;
18 Dispossession by Water;
Part IV: Water for Economic Production;
19 Irrigation;
20 Water for Industry;
21 Water for Energy;
22 Water for Fisheries;
23 Transport and Leisure;
24 Water for Sale;
Part V: Damaged Water;
25 Water Pollutants;
26 Water Pollution;
27 Damaged Waterways;
28 Threatened Ecologies;
Part VI: Water for the Future;
29 MDGs;
30 Treaties and Obligations;
31 Deepening Cooperation;
32 Managing Water Resources;
33 Water Footprint;
34 Water at a Price;
35 Technological Fixes;
Part VII: Data Tables;
Needs and Resources;
Uses and Abuses;
Glossary;
Useful Conversions;
Useful Sources;
References;
Index.
1 The Global Water Pot;
2 Water Shortage;
3 Rising Demand;
4 Dwindling Supply;
5 Competition and Conflict.;
6 Climate Change;
Part II: Environmental Pressures;
7 Urbanization;
8 Altered Flows;
9 Draining Wetlands;
10 Drylands and Droughts;
11 Floods;
Part III: Water for Living;
12 Water for Drinking;
13 Water for Sanitation;
14 Water at Home;
15 Water and Disease;
16 Harbouring Disease;
17 Water for Food;
18 Dispossession by Water;
Part IV: Water for Economic Production;
19 Irrigation;
20 Water for Industry;
21 Water for Energy;
22 Water for Fisheries;
23 Transport and Leisure;
24 Water for Sale;
Part V: Damaged Water;
25 Water Pollutants;
26 Water Pollution;
27 Damaged Waterways;
28 Threatened Ecologies;
Part VI: Water for the Future;
29 MDGs;
30 Treaties and Obligations;
31 Deepening Cooperation;
32 Managing Water Resources;
33 Water Footprint;
34 Water at a Price;
35 Technological Fixes;
Part VII: Data Tables;
Needs and Resources;
Uses and Abuses;
Glossary;
Useful Conversions;
Useful Sources;
References;
Index.
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