The atlas of water :
Black, Maggie
The atlas of water : mapping the world's most critical resource / Maggie Black and Jannet King. - 2nd ed. - London : Earthscan, 2009. - 1 atlas (128 p.) : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.120-125) and index.
The global water pot -- Water shortage -- Rising demand -- Dwindling supply -- Competition and conflict -- Climate change -- Urbanization -- Altered flows -- Draining wetlands -- Drylands and droughts -- Floods -- Water for drinking -- Water for sanitation -- Water at home -- Water and disease -- Disease vectors -- Water for food -- Dispossession by water -- Irrigation -- Water for industry -- Water for energy -- Water for fisheries -- Transport and leisure -- Water for sale -- Water pollutants -- Water pollution -- Damaged waterways -- Threatened ecologies -- Millennium development goals -- Treaties and obligations -- Deepening co-operation -- Managing water -- Water footprint -- Water at a price -- Technological fixes.
9781844078271 (pbk.)
Water supply--Maps
Water resources development --Maps
Water quality --Maps
Water--Pollution--Maps
Groundwater--Maps
363.610223 / BLA
The atlas of water : mapping the world's most critical resource / Maggie Black and Jannet King. - 2nd ed. - London : Earthscan, 2009. - 1 atlas (128 p.) : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.120-125) and index.
The global water pot -- Water shortage -- Rising demand -- Dwindling supply -- Competition and conflict -- Climate change -- Urbanization -- Altered flows -- Draining wetlands -- Drylands and droughts -- Floods -- Water for drinking -- Water for sanitation -- Water at home -- Water and disease -- Disease vectors -- Water for food -- Dispossession by water -- Irrigation -- Water for industry -- Water for energy -- Water for fisheries -- Transport and leisure -- Water for sale -- Water pollutants -- Water pollution -- Damaged waterways -- Threatened ecologies -- Millennium development goals -- Treaties and obligations -- Deepening co-operation -- Managing water -- Water footprint -- Water at a price -- Technological fixes.
9781844078271 (pbk.)
Water supply--Maps
Water resources development --Maps
Water quality --Maps
Water--Pollution--Maps
Groundwater--Maps
363.610223 / BLA