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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... dam project D ams harness water resources for food production , energy generation , flood control and domestic use ... Three Gorges Dam project in China ( see box ) , the Pak Mun in Thailand , Ilisu in Turkey , Ralco in Chile , Epupa in ...
... dam project D ams harness water resources for food production , energy generation , flood control and domestic use ... Three Gorges Dam project in China ( see box ) , the Pak Mun in Thailand , Ilisu in Turkey , Ralco in Chile , Epupa in ...
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... Three Gorges Dam area flooded large towns and cities affected 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to water. Manantali , Senegal River , Senegal 1987 12,000 Dramatic increase in water- borne diseases ; 120 km2 of rare forest ...
... Three Gorges Dam area flooded large towns and cities affected 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases linked to water. Manantali , Senegal River , Senegal 1987 12,000 Dramatic increase in water- borne diseases ; 120 km2 of rare forest ...
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... Dam HUBEI Three Gorges Dam JIANGXI Chen HUNAN Gan JIANGSU Shanghai ZHEJIANG FUJIAN GUANGDONG Hong Kong 23 % moderately affected Water for the north Industry makes a greater profit out of water than agriculture does , which is why China ...
... Dam HUBEI Three Gorges Dam JIANGXI Chen HUNAN Gan JIANGSU Shanghai ZHEJIANG FUJIAN GUANGDONG Hong Kong 23 % moderately affected Water for the north Industry makes a greater profit out of water than agriculture does , which is why China ...
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