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2002

Format:	Book
Author:	Ward, Diane Raines.
Title:	Water wars : drought, flood, folly, and the politics of thirst / by Diane Raines Ward.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Riverhead Books, 2002.
Description:	280 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:	From the co-author of "Tiger-Wallahs" comes a book on what every person should know--beyond the headlines of the current global water crisis--about the history and fate of our most vital resource.
Subjects:	Water-supply -- Management. Hydraulic engineering. Water -- Political aspects. Water rights. Water-supply -- International cooperation.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
Contents:	Hold back the sea: Climate shock and rising waters -- Sin of scale: Great projects -- Thousand valleys: River basins and utopian dreams -- Dry, drier, driest: greening the desert -- Predicaments: power and water -- Raging rivers: Living in floodplains -- Wars -- Praying for rain -- Epilogue: Everglades.
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LCCN:	2002021301
ISBN:	1573222291 9781573222297 1573229954 9781573229951
Other Number:	49525749
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Control Number:	798505
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Call Number:	333.91 Ward

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