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- catalog abstract ""Water is overused and abused globally. According to the World Bank, "the wars of the next century will be about water." Water usage doubles every twenty years, yet more than thirty countries face water stress and scarcity, and over a billion people lack adequate access to clean drinking water. At a time when Canadian corporations and politicians are planning the export of our precious resource, this new book by "the world's most prominent radical scientist" (The Guardian) will provide Canadians with a thorough introduction to the key issues. Shiva warns that water privatization threatens cultures and livelihoods worldwide. She calls for a movement to preserve water access for all, and offers a blueprint for global resistance."--pub. website.".
- catalog contributor b12344501.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Water is overused and abused globally. According to the World Bank, "the wars of the next century will be about water." Water usage doubles every twenty years, yet more than thirty countries face water stress and scarcity, and over a billion people lack adequate access to clean drinking water. At a time when Canadian corporations and politicians are planning the export of our precious resource, this new book by "the world's most prominent radical scientist" (The Guardian) will provide Canadians with a thorough introduction to the key issues. Shiva warns that water privatization threatens cultures and livelihoods worldwide. She calls for a movement to preserve water access for all, and offers a blueprint for global resistance."--pub. website.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Converting Abundance into Scarcity -- 1 Water Rights: The State, the Market, the Community -- 2 Climate Change and the Water Crisis -- 3 The Colonization of Rivers: Dams and Water Wars -- 4 The World Bank, The WTO, and Corporate Control Over Water -- 5 Food and Water -- 6 Converting Scarcity into Abundance -- 7 The Sacred Waters".
- catalog extent "xvi, 156 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1896357512 :".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto : Between the Lines,".
- catalog subject "333.91 13".
- catalog subject "TD345 .S525 2002".
- catalog subject "Water Pollution.".
- catalog subject "Water resources development.".
- catalog subject "Water rights.".
- catalog subject "Water transfer.".
- catalog subject "Water-supply.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Converting Abundance into Scarcity -- 1 Water Rights: The State, the Market, the Community -- 2 Climate Change and the Water Crisis -- 3 The Colonization of Rivers: Dams and Water Wars -- 4 The World Bank, The WTO, and Corporate Control Over Water -- 5 Food and Water -- 6 Converting Scarcity into Abundance -- 7 The Sacred Waters".
- catalog title "Water wars : privatization, pollution and profit / Vandana Shiva.".
- catalog type "text".