Describes issues concerning water that people from around the world face, such as shortages, droughts, and water-borne diseases. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.
a guide for moving from scarcity to sustainability
Richter, Brian D
2014
"... Argues that sustainable water sharing in the twenty-first century can only happen through open, democratic dialogue and local collective action"--Provided by publisher.
Describes issues concerning water that people from around the world face, such as shortages, droughts, and water-borne diseases, and offers suggestions on how readers can get involved in helping address them.
"Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, 'sponge cities' are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding..."--Amazon.
"This book provides a broad overview of water, sanitation, and hygiene problems faced by both developing and developed nations around the globe and suggests how these problems can be solved by imaginative and innovative thinking"--Provided by publisher.
Uses Israel as an example to offer advice on how countries, cities, and businesses can be conscious of their water usage, and discusses efforts to innovate water usage in agriculture and improve water desalination and other water technologies.
"Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours too?"--Container.
