|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910162747303321 |
|
|
Titolo |
Water / / Brian Kennedy, book editor |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (104 pages) : color illustrations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Water - Enviromental aspects |
Water use |
Water supply |
Water - Pollution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Many sources of pollution endanger the oceans / Mother Jones -- The lack of clean water is a global crisis / Paul Alois -- Access to water is a human right / Food and Water Watch -- Making water a human right will not improve access / Elizabeth Dickinson -- There is a water crisis in the Middle East / John Bohannon -- Africa suffers from a water crisis / Tina Rosenberg -- Scientific advances take the salt out of salt water / Robert F. Service -- The lack of adequate sewage systems causes major health problems / Barbara Frost -- Recycling sewage water is clean and effective / Eilene Zimmerman -- Bottled water is a huge industry that continues to grow / IBISWorld -- Drinking bottled water may hurt the environment / Tom Paulson -- The demand for ethanol is creating a water problem / Jim Moscou. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
Explores the issues surrounding water resources. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|