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The world water crisis : the failures of resource management / Stephen Brichieri-Colombi.
Lippincott Library HD1691 .B75 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brichieri-Colombi, Stephen.
- Series:
- International library of human geography ; 14.
- International library of human geography ; 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Management.
- Water resources development.
- Droughts.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2009.
- Contents:
- 1 Water in crisis 1
- 2 Weasel words of water 21
- 3 Two large basins 55
- 4 Unnatural relations 83
- 5 Water lawlessness 94
- 6 Basin anarchy 107
- 7 Illusions of optimality 127
- 8 Beyond the river 149
- 9 Changing populations 156
- 10 Supersizing the world 179
- 11 Diets in transition 202
- 12 Food for all 211
- 13 Shopping around for food 225
- 14 Blue and green energy 246
- 15 Changing the paradigm 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-334) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845117535
- 1845117530
- OCLC:
- 298177745
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