The world's water, 2008-2009 [electronic resource] : the biennial report on freshwater resources / Peter H. Gleick ; with Heather Cooley [and others].

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ISBN:

9781597269667

Title:

The world's water, 2008-2009 [electronic resource] : the biennial report on freshwater resources / Peter H. Gleick ; with Heather Cooley [and others].

Author:

Gleick, Peter H.

Personal Author:

Gleick, Peter H.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 402 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Peak water / Meena Palaniappan and Peter H. Gleick -- Business reporting on water / Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Peter H. Gleick -- Water management in a changing climate / Heather Cooley -- Millennium development goals: charting progress and the way forward / Meena Palaniappan -- China and water / Peter H. Gleick -- Urban water-use efficiencies: lessons from United States cities / Heather Cooley and Peter H. Gleick -- Water briefs. 1. Tampa Bay desalination plant: an update / Heather Cooley ; Past and future of the Salton Sea / Michael J. Cohen ; Three Gorges Dam project, Yangtze River, China / Peter H. Gleick ; Water conflict chronology / Peter H. Gleick.

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Subject Term:

Water resources development.

Water resources development -- International cooperation.

Water resources development -- China.

Water use -- China.

Conservation of natural resources -- China.

Sustainable development.

Climatic changes.

Added Author:

Cooley, Heather.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2009

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
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Summary

Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water. The 2008-2009 volume features overview chapters on:
* water and climate change
* water in China
* status of the Millennium Development Goals for water
* peak water
* efficient urban water use
* business reporting on water

This new volume contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water, as well as brief reviews of issues regarding desalination, the Salton Sea, and the Three Gorges Dam.

From the world's leading authority on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. It is an essential reference for water resource professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.

Author Notes

Peter H. Gleick is president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California, and is a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his work on water issues.