When the rivers run dry : water-the defining crisis of the twenty-first century / Fred Pearce.

When the rivers run dry : water-the defining crisis of the twenty-first century / Fred Pearce.

Fully revised and updated edition.

9780807054901 (electronic book)
0807054909 (electronic book)
9780807054895
0807054895

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2018]

English

1 online resource (x, 312 pages) : maps

TC405 .P43 2018eb

333.91

A new edition of the veteran science writer's groundbreaking work on the world's water crisis, featuring all-new reporting from the most recent global flashpoints Throughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water for both agriculture and individual consumption, but looming water scarcity threatens to cut global food production and cause conflict and unrest. In this visionary book, Fred Pearce takes readers around the world on a tour of the world's rivers to provide our most complete portrait yet of the growing global water crisis and its ramifications for us all. With vivid on-the-ground reporting, Pearce deftly weaves together the scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the water crisis, showing us its complex origins'from waste to wrong-headed engineering projects to high-yield crop varieties that have saved developing countries from starvation but are now emptying their water reserves. Pearce argues that the solution to the growing worldwide water shortage is more efficiency and a new water ethic based on managing the water cycle for maximum social benefit rather than narrow self-interest.

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