WATER UNDER THREAT; TRANS. BY PATRICK CAMILLER.

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"Rapid population growth, climate change and pollution have combined to make it the resource over which wars may be fought in years to come. But does water have a price? Is it a right or a need? Increasingly, water is viewed as a commodity whose function is to generate profits. In this book, Larbi Bouguerra argues that instead we should view it as a common good of humanity. Water has an exceptional cross-cultural symbolic value and its use raises enormous questions about our lifestyle, our ethics and our relationship with nature. Bouguerra makes a powerful case for a society that is more economical with water and manages it openly and democratically, as a global resource."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Wasserhaushalt,  Water-supply,  Wasserwirtschaft,  Water resources development,  Wasserreserve,  Wasserversorgung,  Water quality management,  Hd1691 .b65513 2006,  333.91