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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... MAPPING THE WORLD'S MOST CRITICAL RESOURCE " If the wars of the twentieth century were fought over oil , the wars of this century will be fought over water . " The World Bank .C58 2004 BRAN THE ATLAS OF WATER Erik Millstone and Tim Lan ...
... MAPPING THE WORLD'S MOST CRITICAL RESOURCE " If the wars of the twentieth century were fought over oil , the wars of this century will be fought over water . " The World Bank .C58 2004 BRAN THE ATLAS OF WATER Erik Millstone and Tim Lan ...
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... atlas graphically sounds alarm bells and signals a red alert about the assault and damage we are doing to the planet's life blood : draining wetlands , over- irrigating farmland , contaminating water systems , damming rivers , mining ...
... atlas graphically sounds alarm bells and signals a red alert about the assault and damage we are doing to the planet's life blood : draining wetlands , over- irrigating farmland , contaminating water systems , damming rivers , mining ...
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... Atlas of International Freshwater Agreements . UNEP and FAO , 2002 < www.trans boundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/atlas/ > Water issues Conflict and co - operation Aaron T. Wolf , Shira B Yoffe and Mark Giordano International Waters ...
... Atlas of International Freshwater Agreements . UNEP and FAO , 2002 < www.trans boundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/atlas/ > Water issues Conflict and co - operation Aaron T. Wolf , Shira B Yoffe and Mark Giordano International Waters ...
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