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Titolo: | Water / / Brian Kennedy, book editor |
Pubblicazione: | Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (104 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina: | 363.6/1 |
Soggetto topico: | Water - Enviromental aspects |
Water use | |
Water supply | |
Water - Pollution | |
Persona (resp. second.): | KennedyBrian |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Water |
ISBN: | 0-7377-6116-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910162747303321 |
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