Water, Culture, and Power Local Struggles in a Global Context

Name: Water, Culture, and Power Local Struggles in a Global Context
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ISBN: 9781559635226

ISBN-10: 1559635223

ISBN-13: 9781559635226

Edition: 2nd 1997

Authors: John Donahue, Barbara Rose Johnston, John Donahue

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According to some estimates, at least 1.7 billion people do not have an adequate supply of drinking water and as many as 40% of the world's population face chronic shortages. Yet water scarcity is more than a matter of terrain, increased population, and climate. It can also be a byproduct or end result of water management, where the building of dams, canals, and complicated delivery systems provide water for some at the cost of others, and result in short-term gains that wreak long-term ecological havoc. Water scarcity can also be a product of the social systems in which we live.Water, Culture, and Powerpresents a series of case studies from around the world that examine the complex culture…

Book details

List price: $47.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 12/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 412
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Barbara Brower is Professor of Geography at Portland State University.Barbara Rose Johnston is Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Political Ecology and is editor of several important volumes including Who Pays the Price, Life and Death Matters, and Water, Culture, and Power.



List of Illustrations and Tables



Introduction




The Use and Abuse of Aquifers: Can the Hopi Indians Survive Multinational Mining?




Water Rights in the Pacific Northwest




"A River That Was Once So Strong and Deep": Local Reflections on the Eastmain Diversion, James Bay Hydroelectric Project




Balancing the Waters: Development and Hydropolitics in Contemporary Zimbabwe




Water, Rights, and the El Cajon Dam, Honduras




Water Resource Development and Its Effects on the Human Community: The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Southeastern United States




Transacting a Commons: The Lake Biwa Comprehensive Development Plan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan




The Big Canal: The Political Ecology of the Central Arizona Project




Water Wars in South Texas: Managing the Edwards Aquifer




Gender and Society in Bangladesh's Flood Action Plan




A Reversal of Tides: Drinking Water Quality in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico




Water, Power, and Environmental Health in Tourism Development: The Bay Islands, Honduras




Culture, Power, and the Hydrological Cycle: Creating and Responding to Water Scarcity on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands




Water Between Arabs and Israelis: Researching Twice-Promised Resources




Conclusion



References


Contributors


Index