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Gardening the world : agency, identity and the ownership of water / Veronica Strang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strang, Veronica.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water resources development--Australia.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply--Australia.
- Water-supply.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Around the world, intensifying development and human demands for fresh water are placing unsustainable pressures on finite resources. Countries are waging war over transboundary rivers, and rural and urban communities are increasingly divided as irrigation demands compete with domestic desires. Marginal groups are losing access to water as powerful elites protect their own interests, and entire ecosystems are being severely degraded. These problems are particularly evident in Australia, with its industrialised economy and arid climate. Yet there have been relatively few attempts to examine
- Contents:
- Introduction : water garden
- A process of engagement
- Governing water
- Indigenous fluidscapes
- Farming water
- Manufacturing water
- Recreating water
- Saving water
- Conclusion : gardening the world.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-884-X
- 1-78238-131-7
- 1-282-62798-8
- 9786612627989
- 1-84545-940-7
- OCLC:
- 645102018
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