When the rivers run dry: water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century
It was with the Colorado River that engineers first learned to control great rivers. But now the Colorado"s reservoirs are two-thirds empty. Great rivers like the Indus and the Nile, the Rio Grande and the Yellow River are running on empty. And economists say that by 2025, water scarcity will c...
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| Zusammenfassung: | It was with the Colorado River that engineers first learned to control great rivers. But now the Colorado"s reservoirs are two-thirds empty. Great rivers like the Indus and the Nile, the Rio Grande and the Yellow River are running on empty. And economists say that by 2025, water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest. Veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce traveled to more than thirty countries while researching When the Rivers Run Dry; it is our most complete portrait yet of the growing world water crisis. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historical dimensions of the crisis, he shows us its complex origins, from waste to wrong-headed engineering projects to high-yield crop varieties that have kept developing countries from starvation but are now emptying their water reserves. And Pearce"s vivid reportage reveals the personal stories behind failing rivers, barren fields, desertification, water wars, floods, and even the death of cultures. Finally, Pearce argues that the solution to the growing worldwide water shortage is not more and bigger dams but greater efficiency and a new water ethic based on managing the water cycle for maximum social benefit rather than narrow self-interest. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes index. |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 324 S. Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0807085723 |
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INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 1. THE HUMAN SPONGE 2. NORTH AMERICA : CROSSING THE
RIO GRANDE 3. RIDING THE WATER CYCLE 4. PAKISTAN : THE UNHAPPY VALLEY 5.
INDIA : A COLOSSAL ANARCHY 6. HALLIBURTON S JOB FOR QADDAFI 7. THE
WORLD S LARGEST MASS POISONING 8. MIRAGES 9. THE COMMON WEALTH 10. LAKE
CHAD : TRAGEDY OF THE FLOODPLAINS 11. SEAS OF DEATH 12. MEKONG : FEEL OF
THE PULSE 13. CHINA : THE HANGING RIVER 14. CHANGING CLIMATE 15. WONDERS
OF THE WORLD 16. SUN, SILT, AND STAGNANT PONDS 17. DAMS THAT CAUSE
FLOODS 18. PALESTINE : POISONING THE WELLS OF PEACE 19. THE FIRST MODERN
WATER WAR 20. SWORDS OF DAMOCLES 21. ELISHA S SPRING AND THE MYSTERIES
OF ANGKOR 22. LOSING THE WEST 23. ARAL SEA : THE END OF THE WORLD 24.
TAKING THE WATER TO THE PEOPLE 25. SEWAGE ON TAP 26. CLOSED BASINS AND
CLOSED MINDS 27. OUT OF THIN AIR 28. CATCH THE RAIN 29. ON THE GRAPEVINE
30. UNFAILING SPRINGS 31. LEARNING TO LOVE THE FLOODS 32. FREEING
SADDAM S CAPTIVES 33. MORE CROP PER DROP 34. WATER ETHICS DIESES
SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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WHEN THE RIVERS RUN DRY / PEARCE, FRED : C2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS /
INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 1. THE HUMAN SPONGE 2. NORTH AMERICA : CROSSING THE
RIO GRANDE 3. RIDING THE WATER CYCLE 4. PAKISTAN : THE UNHAPPY VALLEY 5.
INDIA : A COLOSSAL ANARCHY 6. HALLIBURTON'S JOB FOR QADDAFI 7. THE
WORLD'S LARGEST MASS POISONING 8. MIRAGES 9. THE COMMON WEALTH 10. LAKE
CHAD : TRAGEDY OF THE FLOODPLAINS 11. SEAS OF DEATH 12. MEKONG : FEEL OF
THE PULSE 13. CHINA : THE HANGING RIVER 14. CHANGING CLIMATE 15. WONDERS
OF THE WORLD 16. SUN, SILT, AND STAGNANT PONDS 17. DAMS THAT CAUSE
FLOODS 18. PALESTINE : POISONING THE WELLS OF PEACE 19. THE FIRST MODERN
WATER WAR 20. SWORDS OF DAMOCLES 21. ELISHA'S SPRING AND THE MYSTERIES
OF ANGKOR 22. LOSING THE WEST 23. ARAL SEA : THE END OF THE WORLD 24.
TAKING THE WATER TO THE PEOPLE 25. SEWAGE ON TAP 26. CLOSED BASINS AND
CLOSED MINDS 27. OUT OF THIN AIR 28. CATCH THE RAIN 29. ON THE GRAPEVINE
30. UNFAILING SPRINGS 31. LEARNING TO LOVE THE FLOODS 32. FREEING
SADDAM'S CAPTIVES 33. MORE CROP PER DROP 34. WATER ETHICS DIESES
SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT. |
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