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The Great Lakes Water Wars
by Peter Annin

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ISBN13: 9781559630870
ISBN10: 1559630876
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The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic?

Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this globally significant resource.

Review:

"...fascinating and ambitious book...Annin...breathes life into the subject of water laws and their related policy."
- Toledo Blade
(Tom Henry, Toledo Blade, Dec 17 2006 )

Review:

".excellent primer for getting up to speed on what could be one of the regions most important - and contentious - issues in the coming decades."

- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

(Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov 6 2006 )

Review:

"...well-written volume...offers an intriguing, comphrensive look...and should be a valuable reference for water and international policy makers, academics, and public officials...Highly recommended."
- Choice
(Choice, Apr 1 2007 )

Product Details

ISBN:
9781559630870
Author:
Annin, Peter
Publisher:
Island Press
Subject:
Environmental Conservation & Protection
Subject:
Public Policy
Subject:
Water-supply
Subject:
Water resources development
Subject:
Development - Sustainable Development
Edition Number:
1
Publication Date:
August 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
303
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in