History of Water, A, Series II, Volume 3: Water, Geopolitics and the New World Order

by Graham Chapman, Terje Tvedt, Roar Hagen

As the world's population continues to grow apace and an increasing number of countries aspire to a twenty-first century lifestyle so the question of access to water resources becomes ever more critical. This timely volume shows how the struggle to control water is an issue of growing geopolitical importance. Drawing on a wealth of examples, and revealing how current problems are not necessarily new as often suggested, the international contributors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848853513
• ISBN13: 9781848853515
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"