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Author Gleick, Peter H., editor

Title Water in crisis : a guide to the world's fresh water resources / edited by Peter H. Gleick ; foreword by Gilbert F. White
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993
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Description xxiv, 473 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Contents Part I. Essays on fresh water issues - An introduction to global fresh water issues / Peter H. Gleick -- World fresh water resources / Igor A. Shiklomanov -- Water quality and health / Linda Nash -- Water and ecosystems / Alan P. Covich -- Water and agriculture / Sandra Postel -- Water and energy / Peter H. Gleick -- Water and economic development / Malin Falkenmark, Gunnar Lindh -- Water, politics, and international law / Stephen C. McCaffrey -- Water in the 21st century / Peter H. Gleick -- Part II. Fresh water data - About the data / Peter H. Gleick -- Global and regional fresh water resources -- Rivers, lakes and waterfalls -- Sanitation and water-related disease -- Water quality and contamination -- Water and agriculture -- Water and ecosystems -- Water and energy -- Water and human use -- Water policy and politics -- Units, data conversions, and constants
Analysis Natural resources Water
Notes "Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, Stockholm Environment Institute."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Credits Foot t.p.: Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security ; Stockholm Environment Institute
Notes Donated by Professor Jennifer McKay, Director, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and laws
Subject Fresh water.
Water quality.
Water-supply.
Fresh water -- Statistics.
Fresh water.
Water quality -- Statistics.
Water quality.
Water-supply -- Statistics.
Water-supply.
Fresh Water.
Water Supply.
Author Gleick, Peter H., editor
Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.
Stockholm Environment Institute.
LC no. 92030061
ISBN 0195076273 (acid-free paper)
0195076281 (paperback : acid-free paper)