Download or read book Every Drop for Sale written by Jeffrey Rothfeder and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigative journalist explores our world on the brink of running out of usable water. Less than .0008 percent of the total water on Earth is fit for human consumption, but global consumption of fresh water is doubling every twenty years. Water has become perhaps our most precious commodity-a life-sustaining but increasingly rare and privatized resource. A dramatic gap exists between those who have adequate water for survival and those who don't, and tensions over water in some areas of the world hover just below open war. From Europe to Asia to Africa to America, Jeffrey Rothfeder has visited the world's hot spots, those with the least amount of water, as well as places where there is so much of it that plans are in the works to sell the excess to the highest bidder. In this compelling narrative account of our world in turmoil over water, Rothfeder describes the issues and struggles of the people on all sides of the water crisis: from the scarred survivors of bizarre water-management practices, to those who are willing to die for water to sustain their families and crops, to the scientists and leaders who are trying to set things straight. Important, provocative, and immensely readable, Every Drop for Sale explores a fascinating critical dilemma: As we run out of it, is water a fundamental right of everybody on Earth or just a product humans need that can be bought and sold like any other commodity?
Download or read book Every Drop for Sale written by Jeffrey Rothfeder and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigative journalist explores our world on the brink of running out of usable water. Less than .0008 percent of the total water on Earth is fit for human consumption, but global consumption of fresh water is doubling every twenty years. Water has become perhaps our most precious commodity-a life-sustaining but increasingly rare and privatized resource. A dramatic gap exists between those who have adequate water for survival and those who don't, and tensions over water in some areas of the world hover just below open war. From Europe to Asia to Africa to America, Jeffrey Rothfeder has visited the world's hot spots, those with the least amount of water, as well as places where there is so much of it that plans are in the works to sell the excess to the highest bidder. In this compelling narrative account of our world in turmoil over water, Rothfeder describes the issues and struggles of the people on all sides of the water crisis: from the scarred survivors of bizarre water-management practices, to those who are willing to die for water to sustain their families and crops, to the scientists and leaders who are trying to set things straight. Important, provocative, and immensely readable, Every Drop for Sale explores a fascinating critical dilemma: As we run out of it, is water a fundamental right of everybody on Earth or just a product humans need that can be bought and sold like any other commodity?
Download or read book Every Drop for Sale written by Jeffrey Rothfelder and published by . This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We'd like to believe there's an infinite supply of usable water on our planet, but the truth is, we're running out. Less than .0008% of the total water on Earth is fit for human consumption, & thanks to decades of diversion & pollution, that amount is dwindling with terrifying speed as the demand of our burgeoning pop. increases. Visiting the world's hot spots -- those with the least amount of water, as well as places where there is so much that the excess is being auctioned off -- the author meets people on all sides of the water issue: survivors of bizarre water management practices; entrepreneurs scrambling for rights to ship water around the world at huge profits; scientists, & community leaders who are trying to set things straight. Updated with a new preface.
Download or read book Thirsty Planet written by Constance Elizabeth Hunt and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the year 2025 nearly 2 billion people will live in regions experiencing absolute water scarcity. In the face of this emerging crisis, how should the planet's water be used and managed? Current international policy sees nature competing with human uses of water. Hunt takes issue with this perspective. She suggests that nature is the source of water and only by making the conservation of nature an absolute priority will we have the water we need for human use in future. It is essential , therefore, to manage water in ways that maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. This book looks at the complexity of the problem. It provides a wide array of ideas, information, case studies and ecological knowledge - often from remote corners of the developing world -- that could provide an alternative vision for water use and management at this critical time. Essential and compelling reading for students on courses related to water resource management and development; water managers and decision makers, and non-specialists with an interest in global water issues.
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