Hydropolitics: Conflicts Over Water as a Development Constraint

Some 26 countries are already classified as water scarce, and this - as Israel, Southern California and even the Netherlands know - is not a problem confined to the South. With populations making increasing demands on scarce water resources, fresh-water shortages, as this book shows, are becoming a major cause of conflict. It addresses two major themes: water availability as a constraint on development and water scarcity as a source of international conflict. A concluding chapter argues for the development of wholly new perceptions, ethical assumptions and strategies relating to water management for the future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856493326
• ISBN13: 9781856493321
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.5"