Marks Aqua Shock

Water in Crisis, Revised and Updated
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-14172-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Bloomberg

An objective look at America's rapidly shrinking watersupply
Once believed to be a problem limited to America's southwest,water shortages are now an issue coast to coast, from New Englandto California. In Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America,author Susan J. Marks provides a comprehensive analysis of thecurrent conflicts being waged over dwindling water supplies. Shepresents the findings of university studies, think tanks, andresearch groups, as well as the opinions of water experts,including Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute forStudies in Development, Environment, and Security. The book
* Explains where our water comes from and who controls it, aswell as the cost of water on cash, commodities, and capitalism
* Describes the risks of running out of water
* Details how we can preserve and protect our most precious, yetmost undervalued natural resource
Right now, battles over water supplies rage across the country.Aqua Shock is an objective look at how we arrived at thiscrisis point and what we can do-and should be doing-to solve thewater crisis in America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marks, Susan J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Liquid Gold 7
Chapter 2 Where Our Water Comes From: A Global Perspective31
Chapter 3 The Disappearing Act 59
Chapter 4 Danger! Safe Water at Risk 91
Chapter 5 On Governing Water 113
Chapter 6 America's Water Gods 139
Chapter 7 The Cost of Water: Cash, Commodities, and Capitalism157
Chapter 8 Can Our Water Be Saved? 189
Epilogue 223
Glossary 229
Recommended Resources 235
About the Author 241
Index 243

Über Autor(innen)

Susan J. Marks is an award-winning journalist and author. She spent more than a dozen years at the Denver Post, primarily as Sunday business editor and special projects editor for the business department. She has also written for BusinessWeek, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, Woman's World, ColoradoBiz, and the United Communications Group. Her work has received awards and recognition from local, regional, and national organizations, including Gannett, the Colorado Press Association, and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.