Discover the hydrosocial cycle and the impact of power, knowledge,
and scarcity on water rights and use through this engaging and
student-friendly textbook In Water: A Critical Introduction, a team
of distinguished researchers delivers an expert examination of our
most pressing water-related challenges, arguing that flows of water
are shaped by social practices and geometries of power. Combining
first-hand research and headline case studies, the authors reveal
the hydrosocial relations often hidden in mainstream accounts of
water, delving into current issues like water scarcity, floods,
global water governance, legal conflicts, human rights, potable
water provision, health, the water-food-energy nexus, and much
more. Spanning five centuries, this comprehensive volume reflects
on how imperial expansion has shaped hydrosocial relations in and
between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, how water demand
has changed over time, and how this change impacted lifestyle. As
the first major text to synthesize critical water research in both
local and global perspectives, this book is anchored by clear and
compelling arguments -- the "four planks" -- and supported by the
authors' original research and up-to-date synthesis of the latest
critical research on major water problems. It also includes maps,
illustrations, and additional learning materials to be used by
educators. Readers will find: A lively and thorough introduction
that explains why a critical approach is necessary to fully
understand our current water challenges, with a focus on the
"skeptical superhero" A global approach to key debates in water
issues, including large dams, privatization, transboundary
conflicts, agriculture and irrigation, water and sanitation
provision, human rights, governance dilemmas, and the Sustainable
Development Goals Comprehensive explorations of the roles played by
expert knowledge, global capital, climate change, and justice
struggles in the hydrosocial cycle Critical theoretical
perspectives that integrate environmental social sciences, feminist
critique, and a broadly defined political economy with the
specificities of water resources Fulsome treatments of water
governance, science, and management, including the origins and
implications of neoliberal approaches to the privatization,
commodification, and financialization of water An accessible text
that "invites the reader" on a critical journey Water: A Critical
Introduction is a key text for advanced high school, undergraduate,
and graduate students who want a keener understanding of trends in
environmental management, political ecology, and water governance,
science, and engineering. Written with an interdisciplinary
audience in mind, this book will benefit students taking courses in
environmental studies, environmental law, geopolitics,
international studies, human geography, hydrology, engineering,
environmental economics, and related disciplines.
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