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Keepers of the spring : reclaiming our water in an age of globalization / Fred Pearce.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1423767195
  • 9781423767190
  • 9781597268936
  • 1597268933
  • 9781559636810
  • 1559636815
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Keepers of the spring.DDC classification:
  • 333.91 22
LOC classification:
  • TD345 .P33 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Megawater -- Civilization and the Water Cycle -- Replumbing the Planet -- Egypt's Source of Everlasting Prosperity? -- Killing the Flood Plains -- A New Force of Nature -- Libya's Great Man-Made River -- A Second Front in the Green Revolution -- The Devil's Water -- A Salty Hell -- The Keepers -- The Last of a Dying Breed? -- Hidden Wonders of the Ancient World -- Common Monuments to Human Perseverence -- America's Lost Hydraulic Civilization -- How to Catch the Rain -- The People's Green Revolution -- Trickles and Floods -- Making Water from Thin Air -- Restoring African Hydrology -- Reviving the Wetlands -- Conclusion -- The Battle for the New Agenda.
Summary: Annotation "In Keepers of the Spring veteran science news correspondent Fred Pearce travels the world to bring back stories from people who have drawn on ancient tradition and modern technology to deliver to their communities the water they need to survive. These "keepers" are sustaining an entire alternative tradition of working with natural flows rather than trying to reengineer nature to provide water for human needs."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.

Megawater -- Civilization and the Water Cycle -- Replumbing the Planet -- Egypt's Source of Everlasting Prosperity? -- Killing the Flood Plains -- A New Force of Nature -- Libya's Great Man-Made River -- A Second Front in the Green Revolution -- The Devil's Water -- A Salty Hell -- The Keepers -- The Last of a Dying Breed? -- Hidden Wonders of the Ancient World -- Common Monuments to Human Perseverence -- America's Lost Hydraulic Civilization -- How to Catch the Rain -- The People's Green Revolution -- Trickles and Floods -- Making Water from Thin Air -- Restoring African Hydrology -- Reviving the Wetlands -- Conclusion -- The Battle for the New Agenda.

Annotation "In Keepers of the Spring veteran science news correspondent Fred Pearce travels the world to bring back stories from people who have drawn on ancient tradition and modern technology to deliver to their communities the water they need to survive. These "keepers" are sustaining an entire alternative tradition of working with natural flows rather than trying to reengineer nature to provide water for human needs."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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