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Use the Request
Form to request books by call number and title. Also, take
a look at selected Web sites
for additional information.
| Call No. |
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| 130445 |
Postel,
Sandra. Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1992.
We are entering
an age of water scarcity. Postel believes that the knowledge
exists to increase the usefulness of every gallon of water;
but that "citizens must first understand the issues and
insist on policies, laws, and institutions that promote the
sustainable use of water." |
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| 130448 2002-2003 |
Gleick,
Peter H. The World's Water, 2004-2005; the Biennial
Report on Freshwater Resources. Washington, D.C.:
Island Press, 2004.
The
World's Water is the foremost source of information on
the state of the world's freshwater supply. It analyzes
important water resource issues worldwide; reviews major trends
and events; and provides current data on water and its use.
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| 130497 |
Reisner,
Marc. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing
Water. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Reisner has written
the history of water resources development in the West;
or how the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of
Engineers made the desert bloom. |
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| 130507 |
Swanson,
Peter. Water: The Drop of Life. Minnetonka,
Minn.: NorthWord Press, 2001.
The companion book to the PBS series,
Water: The Drop of Life, looks at the problem of
global water supply. Millions of people worldwide face
severe water shortages. |
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| 130510 |
De
Villiers, Marq. Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious
Resource. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
This
award-winning book considers "how we are using, misusing,
and abusing" water. De Villiers travels to and
describes places where historic or current water management
policies are problematic including northern China, Las Vegas,
and Libya. |
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| 130559 |
Guerquin, François and World Water Council. World Water Actions: Making Water Flow for All. London, Sterling, Va: Earthscan, 2003. This comprehensive guide to the available solutions to the world's growing shortage of fresh water analyzes the scale and impacts of the problem for health and sanitation, for agriculture, energy and the environment and describes what can be done.
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| 130566 |
Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
Fred Pearce traveled to more than 30 countries to research this complete portrait of the growing world water
crisis. He shows us its complex origins, from waste
to wrong-headed engineering projects to high-yield crop varieties that have kept
developing countries from starvation but are now emptying their water reserves.
Pearce argues that the solution is greater efficiency and a new water ethic based on managing the water cycle for maximum social benefit rather than narrow self-interest.
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| 140840 |
Postel,
Sandra. Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle
Last? New York: W.W. Norton, 1999.
Historically,
most civilizations based on irrigation have failed.
Will ours be different? Postel looks at the lessons
of the past to develop a plan to make irrigation succeed in
the 21st century. |
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| 191059 |
Barlow,
Maude and Tony Clarke. Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop
the Corporate Theft of the World's Water. New York:
New Press distributed by W.W. Norton, 2002.
This book describes
two trends: the growing scarcity of fresh water and
the efforts of multinational corporations to privatize the
water supply. The authors argue that water is a basic
necessity and that it should not be placed in private ownership.
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