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Publisher
FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([24] pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This Element is an excerpt from Out of Water: From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World's Water Problems (9780131367265) by Colin Chartres and Samyuktha Varma. Available in print and digital formats. The "Blue Revolution": how to overcome the emerging global water crisis that will lead to food crises, unrest, and uncontrolled mass migration Lack of water for growing food will be one of the 21 st century's most critical issues. If we don't...
Author
Publisher
FT Press
Pub. Date
©2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiii, 229 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
From cities to biofuels, competition for water is accelerating. Climate change threatens to intensify the onset and severity of the water crisis in several regions of the developing world: this is already happening throughout much of Asia, the Mediterranean, southwestern Australia, and the southwestern US. Along with water shortages, unsafe water becomes an increasingly widespread problem, too. As water crises trigger food and health crises, billions...
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