Dirty, Sacred Rivers - Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis

Zusatztext Colopy offers a whirlwind tour both beautiful and troubling.... she interacts as a Westerner in the South Asian world with grace, and shares what she has learned with thoughtful clarity. Informationen zum Autor Cheryl Colopy researched and wrote Dirty, Sacred Rivers during seven years of travel and residence in South Asia. After completing a Ph.D. in medieval English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, and teaching in universities, she moved on to become an award-winning reporter at National Public Radio affiliate KQED in San Francisco, specializing in the environment. Klappentext One journalist's account of her 7-year journey through the Ganges river basin to explore the revered, yet highly polluted, rivers of South Asia. Zusammenfassung One journalist's account of her 7-year journey through the Ganges river basin to explore the revered, yet highly polluted, rivers of South Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Dirty, Sacred Rivers Chapter 2: The Real Poop: How Rivers Become Sewers Chapter 3: Delhi's Yamuna Chapter 4: Melting Ice Rivers Chapter 5: The Shrinking Third Pole Chapter 6: In the Valley of Dhunge Dhara Chapter 7: Melamchi River Blues Chapter 8: More River Blues Chapter 9: Belji of Dhulikhel Chapter 10: The Sorrows of Bihar Chapter 11: The Koshi's Revenge Chapter 12: The Engineers Chapter 13: The Garland Chapter 14: Susu Chapter 15: Beyond Barrages and Boundaries Chapter 16: Poisoned Blessings Chapter 17: Where the Rivers End

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl Colopy, Cheryl (journalist) Colopy, Colopy Cheryl
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780199845019
• ISBN: 978-0-19-984501-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Limnology (inland waters), Marine Biology, Limnology (Freshwater)