Water Wars
By Diane Raines Ward
By Diane Raines Ward
By Diane Raines Ward
By Diane Raines Ward
Category: Science & Technology
Category: Science & Technology
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$24.00
Jun 03, 2003 | ISBN 9781573229951
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Jun 03, 2003 | ISBN 9781101663974
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Praise
“Thorough and thoughtful.” —Detroit Free-Press
“An engaging story…[with] plenty to inspire and alarm.” —Business Week
“Riveting…I will never turn on the tap again without thinking about where the water comes from and where it goes.” —Ken Burns, producer/director of the “Civil War“, “Baseball“, and “Jazz” documentaries
“Clear, jargon free…comprehensive.” —The Baltimore Sun
“A wonderful book [with] splendid insight.” —Environmental News
“Important [and] impressive.” —Ottawa Citizen
Table Of Contents
Water WarsIntroduction
Sweet Water
Chapter 1
Hold Back the Sea
Climate Shock and Rising Waters
Chapter 2
A Sin of Scale
The Great Projects
Chapter 3
A Thousand Valleys
River Basins and Utopian Dreams
Chapter 4
Dry, Drier, Driest
Greening the Desert
Chapter 5
Predicaments
Power and Water
Chapter 6
Raging Rivers
Living in Floodplains
Chapter 7
The Wars
Chapter 8
Praying for Rain
Epilogue
The Everglades
Notes
Glossary and Abbreviations
Selected Bibliography by Subject
Acknowledgments
Index
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