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Precious Commodity

Author : Martin V. Melosi
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822977761
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Precious Commodity written by Martin V. Melosi and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an essential resource, water has been the object of warfare, political wrangling, and individual and corporate abuse. It has also become an object of commodification, with multinational corporations vying for water supply contracts in many countries. In Precious Commodity, Martin V. Melosi examines water resources in the United States and addresses whether access to water is an inalienable right of citizens, and if government is responsible for its distribution as a public good. Melosi provides historical background on the construction, administration, and adaptability of water supply and wastewater systems in urban America. He cites budgetary constraints and the deterioration of existing water infrastructures as factors leading many municipalities to seriously consider the privatization of their water supply. Melosi also views the role of government in the management of, development of, and legal jurisdiction over America's rivers and waterways for hydroelectric power, flood control, irrigation, and transportation access. Looking to the future, he compares the costs and benefits of public versus private water supply, examining the global movement toward privatization.

The State of Water

Author : Obi Kaufmann
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597144698
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book The State of Water written by Obi Kaufmann and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and ecosystems, exposing a history of unlimited growth in spite of finite natural resources--a history that has led to its current precarious circumstances. Yet this built world depends upon the biosphere, and in The State of Water Kaufmann argues that environmental conservation and restoration efforts are necessary not only for ethical reasons but also as a matter of human survival. Offering nine perspectives to illustrate the most pressing challenges facing California's water infrastructure, from dams to species revitalization, Kaufmann reveals pragmatic yet inspiring solutions to how water in the West can continue to support agriculture, municipalities, and the environment. Interspersed throughout with trail paintings of animals that might yet survive under a caring and careful water ethic, Kaufmann shows how California can usher in a new era of responsible water conservation, and--perhaps most importantly--how we may do so together.

Water

Author : Marq De Villiers
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618127443
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (274 download)

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Download or read book Water written by Marq De Villiers and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing and abusing our planet's most vital resource.

Precious Water

Author : Brigitte Weninger
Publisher : NorthSouth (NY)
ISBN 13 : 9780735818699
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Precious Water written by Brigitte Weninger and published by NorthSouth (NY). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl celebrates our most precious natural resource, describes the sources of water and its importance to all living things, and expresses her gratitude for this gift of nature. Reprint.

Water Precious Water!.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Water Precious Water!. written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Water, Precious Water

Author : AIMS Education Foundation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781605190105
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Water, Precious Water written by AIMS Education Foundation and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Water Politics

Author : David L. Feldman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509504656
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Water Politics written by David L. Feldman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world faces another water crisis, it is easy to understand why this precious and highly-disputed resource could determine the fate of entire nations. In reality, however, water conflicts rarely result in violence and more often lead to collaborative governance, however precarious. In this comprehensive and accessible text, David Feldman introduces readers to the key issues, debates, and challenges in water politics today. Its ten chapters explore the processes that determine how this unique resource captures our attention, the sources of power that determine how we allocate, use, and protect it, and the purposes that direct decisions over its cost, availability, and access. Drawing on contemporary water controversies from every continent from Flint, Michigan to Mumbai, Sao Paulo, and Beijing the book argues that cooperation and more equitable water management are imperative if the global community is to adequately address water challenges and their associated risks, particularly in the developing world. While alternatives for enhancing water supply, including waste-water re-use, desalination, and conservation abound, without inclusive means of addressing citizens' concerns, their adoption faces severe hurdles that can impede cooperation and generate additional conflicts.

Collection of Poems 'Water Is More Precious Than Gold To People'

Author : A Submitter
Publisher : A Submitter
ISBN 13 : 1618420399
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Collection of Poems 'Water Is More Precious Than Gold To People' written by A Submitter and published by A Submitter. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water or gold.

Water World

Author : Precious Mckenzie
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1612366821
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Water World written by Precious Mckenzie and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Readers Focus On The Importance And Issues Of Clean Water.

Water Precious Water

Author : Arthur J. Wiebe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Water Precious Water written by Arthur J. Wiebe and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located near fileboxes in curriculum sectin of the library.

A Precious Liquid

Author : Michael C. Ennis-McMillan
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Precious Liquid written by Michael C. Ennis-McMillan and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The text provides an ethnographic analysis of the social and cultural aspects of installing and managing a piped drinking water system in La Purificacion Tepetitla, a community located in the densely populated and semiarid region of the Valley of Mexico. The account shows how politics and culture shape community initiatives to develop adequate and equitable drinking water supplies in the Valley of Mexico's changing ecology. The research is based on 22 months of ethnographic fieldwork, carried out from 1993 to 2000. The book applies the culture concept to drinking water issues and furthers students' understanding of human diversity in terms of economics, ecological adaptation, politics, kinship, gender, ethnicity, health beliefs and practices, and religion and ritual.

Just Add Water

Author : Rhett B. Larson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190948035
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Just Add Water written by Rhett B. Larson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists have long been searching for a unified field theory--one answer to all of the questions about the physical universe. In this book, Rhett Larson takes a similar approach to social policy questions. What if we could find a unified social policy theory--the answer to every question from how to prevent war to how to promote gender equality? Most of our most serious global challenges are complex, multi-faceted "wicked problems." But perhaps the first step in solving wicked problems as seemingly distinct as racism and disease epidemics is the same: reform our laws, policies, and priorities to achieve global water security. Global water security means reasonable access for all people to water of acceptable quantity and quality with acceptable costs and risks. Just as the essential element to all life is water, so water is the essential element to solving life's challenges. Virtually every major social challenge--including gender inequality, racial discrimination, terrorism, space exploration, global disease epidemics, mass migrations, and climate change--has a significant and underappreciated water component. Each chapter of this book takes up one of these wicked problems, illustrates the role water plays in that problem, and proposes reforms to address the water aspect of that problem, with the aim of achieving global water security. The goal of this this book is to convince the reader that the answer, or at least one part of the answer, to our most serious problems is the oft-repeated catchphrase: "Just add water."

Precious Water

Author : Brigitte Weninger
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613735469
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Precious Water written by Brigitte Weninger and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NULL

Water

Author : Gerald Bailey
Publisher : Bramblekids Limited
ISBN 13 : 1909711411
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Water written by Gerald Bailey and published by Bramblekids Limited. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STEM Education is defined as the preparation of students in understanding and skill in four disciplines - Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths. Water presents an opportunity to explore a familiar science topic in a new way. A cross-cirricular approach allows all the sciences to come together - along with history, art and legend - building a thorough understanding of the presence of Water on our planet.

The Great Lakes Water Wars

Author : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 159726637X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book The Great Lakes Water Wars written by Peter Annin and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.

Water Is Precious

Author : Kate McAllan
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 144888053X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Water Is Precious written by Kate McAllan and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the ways people use water and the changes that can be made each day to save this natural resource.

A Long Walk to Water

Author : Linda Sue Park
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547251270
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. By a Newbery Medal-winning author.