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Water Wars

Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst

Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst

By Diane Raines Ward

By Diane Raines Ward

By Diane Raines Ward

By Diane Raines Ward

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    About Water Wars

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    Every day, we hear alarming news about droughts, pollution, population growth, and climate change—which threaten to make water, even more than oil, the cause of war within our lifetime. Diane Raines Ward reaches beyond the headlines to illuminate our most vexing problems and tells the stories of those working to solve them: hydrologists, politicians, engineers, and everyday people. Based on ten years of research spanning five continents, Water Wars offers fresh insight into a subject to which our fate is inextricably bound.

    About Water Wars

    Updated with new material

    Every day, we hear alarming news about droughts, pollution, population growth, and climate change—which threaten to make water, even more than oil, the cause of war within our lifetime. Diane Raines Ward reaches beyond the headlines to illuminate our most vexing problems and tells the stories of those working to solve them: hydrologists, politicians, engineers, and everyday people. Based on ten years of research spanning five continents, Water Wars offers fresh insight into a subject to which our fate is inextricably bound.

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    About Diane Raines Ward

    Diane Raines Ward is a journalist whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, Newsweek, Connoisseur, and International Wildlife. She and her husband, Geoffrey C. Ward, co-wrote the book Tiger-Wallahs: Encounters with the Men Who Tried to Save the Greatest of the… More about Diane Raines Ward

    About Diane Raines Ward

    Diane Raines Ward is a journalist whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, Newsweek, Connoisseur, and International Wildlife. She and her husband, Geoffrey C. Ward, co-wrote the book Tiger-Wallahs: Encounters with the Men Who Tried to Save the Greatest of the… More about Diane Raines Ward

    Product Details

    Category: Technology | Science

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Jun 03, 2003 | 320 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8 | ISBN 9781573229951

    Category: Technology | Science

    Ebook | $5.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Jun 03, 2003 | 320 Pages | 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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