Water Under ThreatZed Books, 2006 - 208 pagina's Water has been described as 'the oil of the 21st century' with rapid population growth, climate change and pollution conspiring to make it the resource over which wars may be fought in years to come. But does water have a price? Is it a right or a need? |
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Introduction | 1 |
Unparalleled symbolism | 9 |
research continues | 37 |
The problem of distribution and management | 49 |
Geostrategy power and struggles | 58 |
Water and conflicts | 65 |
A painful issue in Algeria | 74 |
A water crisis? | 87 |
A common good coveted by the market | 96 |
Water and health | 125 |
IO Pollution in many different forms | 142 |
The question of dams | 159 |
Water and development ethics | 175 |
Notes | 184 |
Further reading | 196 |