Water [electronic resource] : the fate of our most precious resource

pt. 1. The where, what and how much of the water world -- pt. 2. Remaking the water world -- pt. 3. The politics of water -- pt. 4. What is to be done?

In his award-winning book WATER, Marq de Villiers provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet's most vital resource. Encompassing ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, de Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas, and the Middle East, where swelling populations and unchecked development have stressed fresh water supplies nearly beyond remedy. Political struggles for control of water rage around the globe, and rampant pollution daily poses dire ecological theats. With one eye on these looming crises and the other on the history of our dependence on our planet's most precious commodity, de Villiers has crafted a powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations that will be "a wake-up call for concerned citizens, environmentalists, policymakers, and water drinkers everywhere" (Publishers Weekly).

San Francisco Chronicle

....provides a fascinating and disturbing worldwide survey of water delivery.

An award-winning, alarming account of "one of the central challenges facing civilization" ( The Washington Post Book World ). Offering ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, this "well-researched and thought-provoking book" (Minneapolis Tribune) explains how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet's most vital resource. Reporting from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas, and the Middle East, where swelling populations and unchecked development have stressed fresh water supplies nearly beyond remedy, this account reveals how political struggles for control of water are raging around the globe, and rampant pollution increases already dire environmental threats. This powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations is "a wake-up call for concerned citizens, environmentalists, policymakers, and water drinkers everywhere" ( Publishers Weekly ). Winner of the Governor General's Award

Examines the political and ecological consequences of the uses and misuses of water as increasing demands threaten the global supply--issues compounded by decreasing water table levels and rampant pollution. Examines how water has been used to create and destroy civilizations throughout history and discusses the problems that could arise in the future if the world's water supply isn't protected This book provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing and abusing our planet's most vital resource THE LITTLE MOKORO, a boat roughly hewn from a mopane log, drifted slowly through the waters of the Okavango Delta.