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Author:

Gleick, Peter H.

Title:

The world's water, 2006-2007 : the biennial report on freshwater resources / Peter H. Gleick ; with Heather Cooley ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Island Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xvii, 368 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Fresh water.
Water-supply.
Water resources development.
Water resources development--International cooperation.
Eau--Approvisionnement.
Ressources en eau--Exploitation.
Ressources en eau--Exploitation--Statistiques.
Ressources en eau--Coopération internationale.
Eau douce.

Notes:

"ISSN 1528-7165"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The soft path in verse / by Gary Wolff -- Data section. Going with the flow : preserving and restoring instream water allocations / by David Katz -- With a grain of salt : an update on seawater desalination / by Peter H. Gleick, Heather Cooley, Gary Wolff -- Floods and droughts / by Heather Cooley -- Environmental justice and water / by Meena Palaniappan, Emily Lee, Andrea Samulon -- Water risks that face business and industry / by Peter H. Gleick, Jason Morrison -- Water briefs. Bottled water : an update / by Peter H. Gleick -- Water on Mars / by Peter H. Gleick -- Time to rethink large international water meetings / by Peter H. Gleick -- Environment and security : water conflict chronology version, 2006-2007 / by Peter H. Gleick -- The soft path in verse / by Gary Wolff -- Data section.

ISBN:

9781597261067 (pbk.)
1597261068 (pbk.)
9781597261050 (cloth)
159726105X (cloth)

Locations:

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)