Water wars : privatization, pollution, and profit / Vandana Shiva

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, c2016Description: xxxii, 156 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781623170721
  • 1623170729
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TD345 .S525 2016
Contents:
Introduction: Converting abundance into scarcity -- Water rights: the state, the market, the community -- Climate change and the water crisis -- The colonization of rivers: dams and water wars -- The World Bank, the WTO, and corporate control over water -- Food and water -- Converting scarcity into abundance -- The sacred waters
Summary: "Celebrates the spiritual and traditional role water has played in communities throughout history and warns that water privatization threatens cultures and livelihoods worldwide"-- Provided by publisher
Item type: PRINT
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PRINT PRINT المكتبة الرئيسية الطابق الثاني ب TD345 S525 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0090000139763

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Converting abundance into scarcity -- Water rights: the state, the market, the community -- Climate change and the water crisis -- The colonization of rivers: dams and water wars -- The World Bank, the WTO, and corporate control over water -- Food and water -- Converting scarcity into abundance -- The sacred waters

"Celebrates the spiritual and traditional role water has played in communities throughout history and warns that water privatization threatens cultures and livelihoods worldwide"-- Provided by publisher

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