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Black, Maggie King, Jannet

Atlas of water mapping the world`s most critical resource - 2nd ed. - London Earthscan 2009 - 128p. col. ill. col. maps 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.120-125) and index.

The global water pot -- Water shortage -- Rising demand -- Dwindling supply -- Competition and conflict -- Climate change -- Urbanization -- Altered flows -- Draining wetlands -- Drylands and droughts -- Floods -- Water for drinking -- Water for sanitation -- Water at home -- Water and disease -- Disease vectors -- Water for food -- Dispossession by water -- Irrigation -- Water for industry -- Water for energy -- Water for fisheries -- Transport and leisure -- Water for sale -- Water pollutants -- Water pollution -- Damaged waterways -- Threatened ecologies -- Millennium development goals -- Treaties and obligations -- Deepening co-operation -- Managing water -- Water footprint -- Water at a price -- Technological fixes.

ISBN: 9781844078271

LCCN: 2009529262

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Water-supply--Maps.
Water quality--Maps.
Groundwater--Maps.
Water resources development--Maps.
Water--Pollution--Maps.

LC Class. No.: G1046.C3 / C5 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 363.610223 / AT-