Water Crisis: Myth or Reality? (Hardcover)

Always considered a classic renewable resource, after a hundred thousand years of farming and industry, rivers in many parts of the world are running dry and the groundwater is over pumped. In addition, the rate at which water sources are becoming contaminated with waste from humans, industry, and agriculture is truly alarming. Do these factors add up to a water crisis that merits drastic, large-scale action? Not necessarily say the editors of Water Crisis: Myth or Reality. They challenge this pessimism, concluding that while there are serious global water issues to be considered, the concept of a global water crisis is largely overstated. The book examines the issues and explores which conditions are permanent and unchangeable and which are remediable and changeable. The chapters explore when and where severe regional and local water problems occur and make suggestions about how they may be solved in a deliberate, non-crisis manner. The book covers recent breakthroughs in desalination technologies, the eco-sanitation revolution, international trade in agricultural products, methods of governance and negotiation in water allocation, and pricing and devolution of property rights and the roles they play in solving water issues. The editors, along with a panel of world-renowned experts, suggest that water issues can be solved over the next few decades using new technologies and processes.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	December 2005
Editors:	Peter P Rogers • M. Ramon Llamas • Luis Martinez-Cortina
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-36438-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-36438-8
Barcode:	9780415364386

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