The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource - Couverture souple

Black, Maggie; King, Jannet

 
9781844078271: The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource
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ISBN 10 : 1844078272 ISBN 13 : 9781844078271
Editeur : Earthscan Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

The planet's finite supply of fresh water is under such pressure that soon it may be the most valuable commodity on earth. The new edition of this crucial and timely atlas shows water distribution worldwide, and reflects the latest thinking and emerging issues. With updated data throughout, the atlas covers a wide range of topics to map how our limited water resources are shared and used around the world, as well as the challenges posed to their management by today's unprecedented population and environmental pressures. It includes completely new maps on climate change, water for tourism, dam construction, biodiversity, and water management, commerce and legislation. With snapshots of especially vulnerable areas and major polluters as well the global picture, this is a unique resource for general readers as well as policy makers and students. Divided into six parts, each prefaced with an introductory essay, the atlas investigates the nature of the resource itself, through its uses in all kinds of human activity, to the vexed questions of how to manage water well and avoid the threat of 'water conflicts'.

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À propos de l?auteur

Maggie Black is a writer on international issues and the author of several books on water and sanitation. These include Water: A Matter of Life and Health (with Rupert Talbot), OUP and Unicef, New Delhi, 2004; Water, Life Force and The No-Nonsense Guide to Water, New Internationalist Publications, both 2005; and The Last Taboo: Opening the Door on the Global Sanitation Crisis (with Ben Fawcett), Earthscan 2008. Jannet King was co-author, with Robin Clarke, of the first edition of the atlas. She has spent many years researching and editing political and historical atlases, including the award-winning Atlas of Food, Atlas of Endangered Species,The State of the World Atlas, and the World Bank series of mini-Atlases on global development, the environment and human security.

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Éditeur
Earthscan Ltd
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844078272
ISBN 13 
9781844078271
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780520259348: The Atlas of Water: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0520259343 ISBN 13 :  9780520259348
Editeur : University of California Press, 2009
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