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Water Wars

by Diane Raines Ward

ISBN13: 9781573229951
ISBN10: 1573229954
Condition: Standard
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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.

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Thorough and thoughtful. (Detroit Free-Press)

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Clear, jargon free...comprehensive. (The Baltimore Sun)

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A wonderful book [with] splendid insight. (Environmental News)

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Important [and] impressive. (Ottawa Citizen)

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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 Author

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.

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ISBN:: 9781573229951
Author:: Ward, Diane Raines
Publisher:: Riverhead Trade
Location:: New York
Subject:: General
Subject:: Water
Subject:: Water-supply
Subject:: Water resources development
Subject:: Hydraulic engineering
Subject:: Water-rights
Subject:: International Relations - General
Subject:: Parenting - General
Subject:: Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Subject:: General Nature
Edition Description:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:: #02-07-029
Publication Date:: 20030603
Binding:: Hardcover
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 320
Dimensions:: 8.16x5.20x.85 in. .58 lbs.

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