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The atlas of water : mapping the world's most critical resource / Maggie Black and Jannet King.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: MapMapPublisher: London : Earthscan, 2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 atlas (128 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781844078271 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.91 BLA 23 DS0516
LOC classification:
  • G1046.C3 C5 2009
Contents:
The global water pot -- Water shortage -- Rising demand -- Dwindling supply -- Competition and conflict -- Climate change -- Urbanization -- Altered flows -- Draining wetlands -- Drylands and droughts -- Floods -- Water for drinking -- Water for sanitation -- Water at home -- Water and disease -- Disease vectors -- Water for food -- Dispossession by water -- Irrigation -- Water for industry -- Water for energy -- Water for fisheries -- Transport and leisure -- Water for sale -- Water pollutants -- Water pollution -- Damaged waterways -- Threatened ecologies -- Millennium development goals -- Treaties and obligations -- Deepening co-operation -- Managing water -- Water footprint -- Water at a price -- Technological fixes.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore David Satterthwaite Collection 333.91 BLA DS0516 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DS0516

Includes bibliographical references (p.120-125) and index.

The global water pot -- Water shortage -- Rising demand -- Dwindling supply -- Competition and conflict -- Climate change -- Urbanization -- Altered flows -- Draining wetlands -- Drylands and droughts -- Floods -- Water for drinking -- Water for sanitation -- Water at home -- Water and disease -- Disease vectors -- Water for food -- Dispossession by water -- Irrigation -- Water for industry -- Water for energy -- Water for fisheries -- Transport and leisure -- Water for sale -- Water pollutants -- Water pollution -- Damaged waterways -- Threatened ecologies -- Millennium development goals -- Treaties and obligations -- Deepening co-operation -- Managing water -- Water footprint -- Water at a price -- Technological fixes.

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