Water Wars

Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst

Diane Raines Ward

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English

Riverhead Books,U.S.
03 June 2003

Politics & government; Management of land & natural resources

Updated with new material

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, politicians, engineers, and everyday people. Based on ten years of research spanning five continents, Water Wars offers fresh insight into a subject to which our fate is inextricably bound.

By: Diane Raines Ward
Imprint: Riverhead Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 255g
ISBN: 9781573229951
ISBN 10: 1573229954
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 June 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Water WarsIntroduction Sweet Water Chapter 1 Hold Back the Sea Climate Shock and Rising Waters Chapter 2 A Sin of Scale The Great Projects Chapter 3 A Thousand Valleys River Basins and Utopian Dreams Chapter 4 Dry, Drier, Driest Greening the Desert Chapter 5 Predicaments Power and Water Chapter 6 Raging Rivers Living in Floodplains Chapter 7 The Wars Chapter 8 Praying for Rain Epilogue The Everglades Notes Glossary and Abbreviations Selected Bibliography by Subject Acknowledgments Index

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 nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation efforts in India.

Reviews for Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst

"""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"