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Last Oasis:

Facing Water Scarcity
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W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 - Technology & Engineering - 239 pages
We have taken for granted seemingly endless supplies of water flowing from reservoirs wells, and diversion projects; access to water has been key to food security, industrialization, and the growth of cities. In this book from the Worldwatch Institute, Sandra Postel explains that decades of profligacy and mismanagement of the world's water resources have produced signs of shortages and environmental destruction. She writes with authority and clarity of the limits-ecological, economic, and political-of this vital natural resource. She explores the potential for conflict over water between nations, and between urban and rural residents. And she offers a sensible way out of such struggles. Last Oasis makes clear that the technologies and know-how exist to increase the productivity of every liter of water. But citizens must first understand the issues and insist on policies, laws, and institutions that promote the sustainable use of water.
  

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I liked reading the background knowledge about water issues around the world, but it id outdated. So in order to really get a handle on things I would need to read current works. Read full review

Review: Last Oasis : Facing Water Scarcity: Worldwatch Environmental Alert (Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series)

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Contents

Introduction to the New Edition
vii
Acknowledgments xxxv
11
An Illusion of Plenty
17
Signs of Scarcity
27
Engineerings Promise
38
Bread and Water
48
Paradise Lost
60
Wastewater No More
126
Industrial Recycling
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Conserving in Cities
146
Pricing Markets and Regulations
165
A Water Ethic
183
Notes
193
Index
229
Copyright

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About the author (1997)

Sandra Postel lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she directs the Global Water Policy Project. She is a Pew Fellow in Conservation and the Environment and a former vice president for research at the Worldwatch Institute. Her previous book, Last Oasis , now appears in eight languages and was the basis for a PBS television documentary.

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TitleLast Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity
The Worldwatch environmental alert series
AuthorSandra Postel
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company, 1997
ISBN0393317447, 9780393317442
Length239 pages
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Science / Environmental Science
Technology & Engineering / Environmental / Water Supply
  
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