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 9
... draining wetlands , over- irrigating farmland , contaminating water systems , damming rivers , mining groundwater , tearing down forests , expanding cities , using vast amounts of water for high - tech industry and interfering with the ...
... draining wetlands , over- irrigating farmland , contaminating water systems , damming rivers , mining groundwater , tearing down forests , expanding cities , using vast amounts of water for high - tech industry and interfering with the ...
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Robin Clarke, Jannet King. NORWAY DRAINING WETLANDS Wetlands help keep the world's freshwater resources healthy , but all too often they are seen as wastelands that can be drained and developed to house growing populations . FINLAND ...
Robin Clarke, Jannet King. NORWAY DRAINING WETLANDS Wetlands help keep the world's freshwater resources healthy , but all too often they are seen as wastelands that can be drained and developed to house growing populations . FINLAND ...
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... draining of wetlands , and attempts to constrain river flow . Climate change is leading to more extreme weather ... drained and developed , millions remain in danger . Nearly half of the Mississippi flows through artificial channels ...
... draining of wetlands , and attempts to constrain river flow . Climate change is leading to more extreme weather ... drained and developed , millions remain in danger . Nearly half of the Mississippi flows through artificial channels ...
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