Thirsty Planet: Strategies for Sustainable Water Management

by Constance Elizabeth Hunt

Book Overview

By the year 2025 nearly 2 billion people will live in regions experiencing absolute water scarcity. In the face of this emerging crisis, how should the planet's water be used and managed? Current international policy sees nature competing with human uses of water. Hunt takes issue with this perspective. She suggests that nature is the source of water and only by making the conservation of nature an absolute priority will we have the water we need...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842772430
• ISBN13: 9781842772430
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"