Water, Culture, and Power
Local Struggles In A Global Context
According to some estimates, at least 1.7 billion people do not have an adequate supply of drinking water and as many as 40% of the world's population face chronic shortages. Yet water scarcity is more than a matter of terrain, increased population, and climate. It can also be a byproduct or end result of water management, where the building of dams, canals, and complicated delivery systems provide water for some at the cost of others, and result in short-term gains that wreak long-term ecological havoc. Water scarcity can also be a product of the social systems in which we live.Water, Culture, and Power presents a series of case studies from…
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Weitere Autoren: Johnston, Barbara Rose (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-55963-522-6
- EAN: 9781559635226
- Produktnummer: 1149677
- Verlag: Island Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
- Seitenangabe: 408 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.4 cm 665 g
- Gewicht: 665
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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