Water

Informationen zum Autor David Lewis Feldman is professor and chair of planning, policy, and design at the University of California, Irvine. Klappentext This is a new title in Polity's Resources' series - a range of short, accessible books designed to introduce readers to the geopolitical battles over the world's most crucial resources. Examines key issues such as the impact of climate change on supply, water pollution, and efforts to privatize water supplies. Zusammenfassung * This is a new title in Polity's Resources' series - a range of short! accessible books designed to introduce readers to the geopolitical battles over the world's most crucial resources. * Examines key issues such as the impact of climate change on supply! water pollution! and efforts to privatize water supplies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and Tables vi Acknowledgements vii 1. Freshwater: Facts, Figures, Conditions 1 2. Geopolitics and Sustainability 28 3. Threats to Freshwater 59 4. Who's in Control? 92 5. Water Ethics and Environmental Justice 124 Notes 156 Selected Readings 178 Index 189

Product details

• Authors: D Feldman, David L Feldman, David L. Feldman, David Lewis Feldman
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2012
• EAN: 9780745650326
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-5032-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Prs - Polity Resources; Resources
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; NATURE / Natural Resources, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology, Science / Environmental Science, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply