Water Wars
Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst
$45.39
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
3 June 2003
Summary
The story of water is fascinating, complex, and with roots as deep as civilisation. Despite its profound, life-giving role in our planet’s history, every day, we hear alarming news about droughts, pollution, population growth, and climate change which threaten to make water, even more than oil, the cause of war within our lifetime. Diane Raines Ward reaches beyond the headlines to illuminate our most vexing problems and tells the stories of those working to solve them: hydrologists, politicia…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781573229951 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1573229954 |
| Author: | Diane Raines Ward |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Riverhead Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 June 2003 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
“With verve, specificity and urgency [Ward] catalogs, one after another, the world’s attempts to solve its problems with water… you should read it.” - The New York Times; “Splendid… thoughtful… informative.” - Environment News
About The Author
Diane Raines Ward
Diane Raines Ward is a journalist whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, Newsweek, Connoisseur, and International Wildlife. She and her husband, Geoffrey C. Ward, co-wrote the book Tiger-Wallahs: Encounters with the Men Who Tried to Save the Greatest of the Great Cats. Together they run a non-profit organisation dedicated to conservation efforts in India.
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