Whose water is it? : the unquenchable thirst of a water-hungry world / edited by Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl

Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2003]
Copyright Date: ©2003
Physical Description: xx, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: McDonald, Bernadette, 1962- and Jehl, Douglas

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Bottling a birthright? / Robert Glennon -- The world's water : a human right or a corporate good? / Maude Barlow -- Three rivers / Marq de Villiers -- Working for water / Margaret Catley-Carlson -- The effect of emerging water shortages on the world's food / Lester R. Brown -- Mountain wise and water smart / Hans Schreier -- "Water wars" and other tales of hydromythology / Aaron T. Wolf -- From the forest to the faucet / Mike Dombeck -- Accommodation turns to conflict : lessons from the Colorado / David J. Hayes -- Mountain water : lifeblood of the prairies / David Schindler -- A child's reminder / David Suzuki with Amanda McConnell -- A soft path : conservation, efficiency, and easing conflicts over water / Peter H. Gleick -- Alchemy or salvation? : desalting the sea / Douglas Jehl.

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0792262387

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