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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Page 11
... Turkey buying Israeli tanks and air force technology . The amount of water to be imported amounts to 3 percent of Israel's current needs . For its part , Turkey plans on becoming a freshwater superstar , using this precious resource to ...
... Turkey buying Israeli tanks and air force technology . The amount of water to be imported amounts to 3 percent of Israel's current needs . For its part , Turkey plans on becoming a freshwater superstar , using this precious resource to ...
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... Turkey 25,000 displaced , 11,000 to lose farms. Dams and their consequences 2003 1965 existing dams and date completed unfinished dams number of people displaced by dam project D ams harness water resources for food production , energy ...
... Turkey 25,000 displaced , 11,000 to lose farms. Dams and their consequences 2003 1965 existing dams and date completed unfinished dams number of people displaced by dam project D ams harness water resources for food production , energy ...
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... Turkey 1990 40,000 Reduced water flow to Syria and Iraq Aswan High Dam , Egypt 1965 120,000 Diminished fish catch and increased erosion along coasts Epupa , Namibia 1,000 Way of life of Himba people threatened Lethoso Highlands ...
... Turkey 1990 40,000 Reduced water flow to Syria and Iraq Aswan High Dam , Egypt 1965 120,000 Diminished fish catch and increased erosion along coasts Epupa , Namibia 1,000 Way of life of Himba people threatened Lethoso Highlands ...
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