The Atlas of WaterCovering the global picture, this book provides an overview of our water consumption, as well as highlighting the scarcity and quality of our most critical resource in vulnerable regions such as California, the Middle East and India. |
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... first few days of the year 2004 , a deal was imminent between Turkey and Israel a deal that says much about the planet Earth's hydrological and military plight : ' water for tanks ' , we might call it . Under the agreement , Israel ...
... first few days of the year 2004 , a deal was imminent between Turkey and Israel a deal that says much about the planet Earth's hydrological and military plight : ' water for tanks ' , we might call it . Under the agreement , Israel ...
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... first place for extortionist amounts . There are , of course , good arguments for not subsidising the extravagant use of water by large - scale farmers , golf clubs and recreational facilities . There are even better arguments for ...
... first place for extortionist amounts . There are , of course , good arguments for not subsidising the extravagant use of water by large - scale farmers , golf clubs and recreational facilities . There are even better arguments for ...
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... first - it is sobering to remember was that of the Tigris - Euphrates valley , where agriculture was first invented and irrigation first practised more than 6,000 years ago . This may also have been the site of the Great Flood of the ...
... first - it is sobering to remember was that of the Tigris - Euphrates valley , where agriculture was first invented and irrigation first practised more than 6,000 years ago . This may also have been the site of the Great Flood of the ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
About the authors | 17 |
MORE PEOPLE LESS WATER | 23 |
Copyright | |
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AFGHANISTAN agriculture ALGERIA amount of water ANGOLA ZAMBIA aquifers areas ARGENTINA Asia BANGLADESH BELARUS BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CENTRAL AFRICAN REP CHILE COLOMBIA CONGO contaminated cubic metres dams desalination developing countries disease DJIBOUTI domestic DOMINICAN drinking water ECUADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA flood fresh water GABON groundwater GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA hectares HONDURAS HUNGARY hydropower India INDONESIA industrial IRAN IRAQ irrigation Israel JAMAICA JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA kilometres km³ KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LEBANON LESOTHO LITHUANIA litres m³ per person MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MAURITANIA Mexico mg/litre million MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MOROCCO ALGERIA MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NAMIBIA BOTSWANA NEPAL NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA PAKISTAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU BRAZIL PHILIPPINES pollutants population renewable water REPUBLIC rivers ROMANIA RUSSIA sanitation SENEGAL GAMBIA SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA CHINA SRI LANKA SUDAN SYRIA TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Turkey TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VENEZUELA wastewater water resources water supply wetlands World Water YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE