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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsWater Warsby Diane Raines Ward
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. Synopsis:The author reveals the influence of water on politics and history, peeling back the layers of history to show the effect of this vital natural resource on human affairs. Reprint. About the AuthorDiane 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. Table of ContentsWater Wars Introduction 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 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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