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The atlas of water : mapping the world's most critical resource / Maggie Black and Jannet King.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Earthscan, 2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 atlas (128 p.) : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781844078271 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 363.610223 BLA
Contents:
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.
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Books Books Central Library, SAU General Stacks 363.610223 BLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan 0007905
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Books Books Central Library, SAU General Stacks 363.610223 BLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 0007904

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.

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