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When the Rivers Run Dry, Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Water-The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century


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Table of Contents:
Abbreviations Introduction: The Power of a River I. When the rivers run dry . . . the poor take to the road 1. The Human Sponge 2. Lake Chad 3. Sahel 4. Riding the Water Cycle II. When the rivers run dry . . . America loses the West 5. Rio Grande 6. Colorado 7. California III. When the rivers run dry . . . the wet places die 8. Mekong 9. Seas of Death 10. England IV. When the rivers run dry . . . we mine our children’s water 11. India 12. Overpumping the World 13. Bangladesh V. When the rivers run dry . . . engineers pour concrete 14. Wonders of the World 15. The New Dam Era 16. Sun, Silt, and Stagnant Ponds VI. When the rivers run dry . . . floods may not be far behind 17. China 18. Unleashing the River Dragon 19. Changing Climate VII. When the rivers run dry . . . we go to war over water 20. Honduras 21. Palestine 22. River Jordan 23. Egypt 24. Iraq 25. Mesopotamia 26. Tibet VIII. When the rivers run dry . . . civilizations fall 27. Elisha’s Spring and the Riddle of Angkor 28. Aral Sea IX. When the rivers run dry . . . we try to catch the rain 29. Harvesting the Monsoons 30. Oman 31. Iran X. When the rivers run dry . . . we go looking for new water 32. Taking the Water to the People 33. Singapore 34. Out of Thin Air 35. Seeding Clouds and Desalting the Sea XI. When the rivers run dry . . . we should go with the flow 36. Europe 37. Ganges and Mississippi 38. More Crop per Drop 39. Colombia 40. Water Ethics Acknowledgments Notes Index

About the Author :
Fred Pearce is an award-winning author and journalist based in London. He has reported on environmental, science, and development issues from 85 countries over the past 20 years. An environment consultant at New Scientist magazine since 1992, he also writes regularly for the Guardian newspaper and Yale University’s prestigious e360 website. Pearce was voted UK Environment Journalist of the Year in 2001 and CGIAR agricultural research journalist of the year in 2002, and he won a lifetime achievement award from the Association of British Science Writers in 2011. His many books include Falllout, With Speed and Violence, Confessions of an Eco-Sinner, The Coming Population Crash, and The Land Grabbers.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780807054895
  • Publisher: Beacon Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Water-The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century
  • Width: 154 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0807054895
  • Publisher Date: 28 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 21 mm
  • Weight: 459 gr


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