Keepers of the spring : Reclaiming our water in an age of globalization / Fred Pearce
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TextPublication details: Washington : Island Press, c2004. Description: x, 260 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 1559636815Subject(s): Water-supply---Management | Water-supply---History | Water conservationDDC classification: 333.91 PEA
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English Lending
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Villa College Library | Villa College Library | 333.91 PEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 1124 |
Content includes
PART I RIDING THE WATER CYCLE
1. Megawater
2. Civilization and the Water Cycle
PART II REPLUMBING THE PLANET
3. Egypt's Source of Everlasting Prosperity?
4. Killing the Flood Plains
5. A New Force of Nature
6. Libya's Great Man-Made River
7. A Second Front in the Green Revolution
8. The Devil's Water
9. A Salty Hell
PART III THE KEEPERS
10. The Last of a Dying Breed?
11. Hidden Wonders of the Ancient World
12. Common Monuments to Human Perseverence
13. America's Lost Hydraulic Civilization
14. How to Catch the Rain
15. The People's Green Revolution
16. Trickles and Floods
17. Making Water from Thin Air
18. Restoring African Hydrology
19. Reviving the Wetlands
20. The Battle for the New Agenda
Includes index
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