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100 1 $aPearce, Fred.
245 10 $aWhen the rivers run dry :$bwhat happens when our water runs out? /$cFred Pearce.
260 $aLondon :$bEden Project,$c2006.
300 $a368 pages :$bmaps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aThe South East of Britain has less water per capita than the Sudan or Ethiopia and while there is less and less rain our demand grows. Pearce gives a clear and terrifying picture of the consequences if no action is taken, and he also explains the steps we must take to ensure we deal with the water crisis.
505 00 $g1.$tThe human sponge --$g2.$tNorth America : crossing the Rio Grande --$g3.$tRiding the water cycle --$g4.$tPakistan : the unhappy valley --$g5.$tIndia : a colossal anarchy --$g6.$tHalliburton's job for Qaddafi --$g7.$tThe world's largest mass poisoning --$g8.$tMirages --$g9.$tThe common wealth --$g10.$tLake Chad : tragedy of the floodplains --$g11.$tSeas of death --$g12.$tMekong : feel the pulse --$g13.$tChina : the hanging river --$g14.$tChanging climate --$g15.$tWonders of the world --$g16.$tSun, silt, and stagnant ponds --$g17.$tDams that cause floods --$g18.$tPalestine : poisoning the wells of peace --$g19.$tThe first modern water war --$g20.$tSwords of Damocles --$g21.$tElisha's spring and the mysteries of Angkor --$g22.$tLosing the West --$g23.$tAral Sea : the end of the world --$g24.$tTaking the water to the people --$g25.$tSewage on tap --$g26.$tClosed basins and closed minds --$g27.$tOut of thin air --$g28.$tCatch the rain --$g29.$tOn the grapevine --$g30.$tUnfailing springs --$g31.$tLearning to love the floods --$g32.$tFreeing Saddam's captives --$g33.$tMore crop per drop --$g34.$tWater ethics.
650 0 $aWater-supply.
650 0 $aWater resources development.
650 7 $aWater resources development.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01171955
650 7 $aWater-supply.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01172350
650 07 $aWassermangel.$2swd
650 07 $aWasserreserve.$2swd
650 07 $aWasserversorgung.$2swd
653 $aRiver systems
653 $aWater supply
653 $aWater resources
653 $aWater conservation
653 $aUnited States
653 $aAfrica
653 $aAsia
653 $aMiddle East
653 $aCase studies
653 $aAustralia overseas comparisons
653 $aHistory, 1901-1999
653 $aHistory, 2000-
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0611/2006389185.html
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