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The Resource When the rivers run dry : water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century, Fred Pearce

When the rivers run dry : water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century, Fred Pearce

Label
When the rivers run dry : water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century
Title
When the rivers run dry
Title remainder
water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century
Statement of responsibility
Fred Pearce
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
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Pearce, Fred
Dewey number
333.91
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
LC call number
TC405
LC item number
.P43 2006
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
TC405
NAL item number
.P43 2006
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Water resources development
  • Water-supply
Label
When the rivers run dry : water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century, Fred Pearce
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005027495.html
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Includes index
Contents
1. The human sponge -- 2. North America : crossing the Rio Grande -- 3. Riding the water cycle -- 4. Pakistan : the unhappy valley -- 5. India : a colossal anarchy -- 6. Halliburton's job for Qaddafi -- 7. The world's largest mass poisoning -- 8. Mirages -- 9. The common wealth -- 10. Lake Chad : tragedy of the floodplains -- 11. Seas of death -- 12. Mekong : feel of the pulse -- 13. China : the hanging river -- 14. Changing climate -- 15. Wonders of the world -- 16. Sun, silt, and stagnant ponds -- 17. Dams that cause floods -- 18. Palestine : poisoning the wells of peace -- 19. The first modern water war -- 20. Swords of Damocles -- 21. Elisha's spring and the mysteries of Angkor -- 22. Losing the west -- 23. Aral sea : the end of the world -- 24. Taking the water to the people -- 25. Sewage on tap -- 26. Closed basins and closed minds -- 27. Out of thin air -- 28. Catch the rain -- 29. On the grapevine -- 30. Unfailing springs -- 31. Learning to love the floods -- 32. Freeing Saddam's captives -- 33. More crop per drop -- 34. Water ethics
Control code
ocm61748253
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 324 p.
Isbn
9780807085721
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2005027495
Other control number
9780807085721
Other physical details
maps
Label
When the rivers run dry : water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century, Fred Pearce
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005027495.html
Publication
Note
Includes index
Contents
1. The human sponge -- 2. North America : crossing the Rio Grande -- 3. Riding the water cycle -- 4. Pakistan : the unhappy valley -- 5. India : a colossal anarchy -- 6. Halliburton's job for Qaddafi -- 7. The world's largest mass poisoning -- 8. Mirages -- 9. The common wealth -- 10. Lake Chad : tragedy of the floodplains -- 11. Seas of death -- 12. Mekong : feel of the pulse -- 13. China : the hanging river -- 14. Changing climate -- 15. Wonders of the world -- 16. Sun, silt, and stagnant ponds -- 17. Dams that cause floods -- 18. Palestine : poisoning the wells of peace -- 19. The first modern water war -- 20. Swords of Damocles -- 21. Elisha's spring and the mysteries of Angkor -- 22. Losing the west -- 23. Aral sea : the end of the world -- 24. Taking the water to the people -- 25. Sewage on tap -- 26. Closed basins and closed minds -- 27. Out of thin air -- 28. Catch the rain -- 29. On the grapevine -- 30. Unfailing springs -- 31. Learning to love the floods -- 32. Freeing Saddam's captives -- 33. More crop per drop -- 34. Water ethics
Control code
ocm61748253
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 324 p.
Isbn
9780807085721
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2005027495
Other control number
9780807085721
Other physical details
maps

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