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The No-Nonsense Guide to Water
Black, Maggie
Publisher: Between the LinesYear Published: 2004 ISBN: 1-896357-92-X Dewey: 553.7 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX8433 This No-Nonsense guide examines the world water crisis in its many dimensions, not least the recent tendency to try and manage water by handing over to private entrepreneurs not just the pipes, but the rivers, aquifers and rainfall supplying them. Water has always been regarded as a commons which nobody may own. As this basic principle erodes, can people hold onto their right to water -- and to life? Abstract: TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 1 Water: life force 2 Water, survival and health 3 Water to eat 4 Water at a price 5 A resource under threat 6 Right and wrongs of water 7 Water wars or water peace? 8 Contacts Index Subject Headings |