Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
by Marq De Villiers
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0618030093
- ISBN 13
- 9780618030095
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In his award-winning book WATER, Marq de Villiers provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet's most vital resource. Encompassing ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, de Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas, and the Middle East, where swelling populations and unchecked development have stressed fresh water supplies nearly beyond remedy. Political struggles for control of water rage around the globe, and rampant pollution daily poses dire ecological theats. With one eye on these looming crises and the other on the history of our dependence on our planet's most precious commodity, de Villiers has crafted a powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations that will be "a wake-up call for concerned citizens, environmentalists, policymakers, and water drinkers everywhere" (Publishers Weekly).
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- Title
- Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
- Author
- Marq De Villiers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618030093
- ISBN 13
- 9780618030095
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2000-01-15
- X weight
- 18 oz
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