When the Rivers Run Dry : Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century

Name: When the Rivers Run Dry : Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century
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ISBN: 9780807085721

ISBN-10: 0807085723

ISBN-13: 9780807085721

Edition: 2006

Authors: Fred Pearce

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It was with the Colorado River that engineers first learned to control great rivers. But now the Colorado"s reservoirs are two-thirds empty. Great rivers like the Indus and the Nile, the Rio Grande and the Yellow River are running on empty. And economists say that by 2025, water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest. Veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce traveled to more than thirty countries while researching When the Rivers Run Dry; it is our most complete portrait yet of the growing world water crisis. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historical dimensions of the crisis, he shows us its complex origins,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 3/9/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Fred Pearce was born and educated in the UK. He studied Geography at Cambridge University and has since reported on environment, science and development issues from 54 countries. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and TV, with interview credits from Today to Richard and Judy to the Open University. Fred is married with two children and lives in London.



Introduction


When the rivers run dry...the crops fail


The Human Sponge


North America: Crossing the Rio Grande


Riding the Water Cycle


Pakistan: The Unhappy Valley


When the rivers run dry...we mine our children's water


India: A Colossal Anarchy


Halliburton's Job for Qaddafi


The World's Largest Mass Poisoning


Mirages


When the rivers run dry...the wet places die


The Common Wealth


Lake Chad: Tragedy of the Floodplains


Seas of Death


Mekong: Feel the Pulse


When the rivers run dry...floods may not be far behind


China: The Hanging River


Changing Climate


When the rivers run dry...engineers pour concrete


Wonders of the World


Sun, Silt, and Stagnant Ponds


Dams That Cause Floods


When the rivers run dry...men go to war over water


Palestine: Poisoning the Wells of Peace


The First Modern Water War


Swords of Damocles


When the rivers run dry...civilizations fall


Elisha's Spring and the Mysteries of Angkor


Losing the West


Aral Sea: The End of the World


When the rivers run dry...we go looking for new water


Taking the Water to the People


Sewage on Tap


Closed Basins and Closed Minds


Out of Thin Air


When the rivers run dry...we try to catch the rain


Catch the Rain


On the Grapevine


Unfailing Springs


When the rivers run dry...we go with the flow


Learning to Love the Floods


Freeing Saddam's Captives


More Crop Per Drop


Water Ethics


Index