Globalization, Water, & Health: Resource Management in Times of Scarcity

by John M. Donahue, Linda M. Whiteford, Lenore Manderson

Book Overview

This book is about crime and passion, life and death, lofty goals and squalid realities. It is a book about water. Global disparities in health and access to water are two major threats to world stability. As international contracts and corporate agreements divert water from small communities to provide for larger cities, from households to supply agribusiness, conflicts sharpen among local communities, national governments, and international agencies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930618581
• ISBN13: 9781930618589
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"