| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 402 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Peak water / Meena Palaniappan and Peter H. Gleick -- Business reporting on water / Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Peter H. Gleick -- Water management in a changing climate / Heather Cooley -- Millennium development goals: charting progress and the way forward / Meena Palaniappan -- China and water / Peter H. Gleick -- Urban water-use efficiencies: lessons from United States cities / Heather Cooley and Peter H. Gleick -- Water briefs. 1. Tampa Bay desalination plant: an update / Heather Cooley ; Past and future of the Salton Sea / Michael J. Cohen ; Three Gorges Dam project, Yangtze River, China / Peter H. Gleick ; Water conflict chronology / Peter H. Gleick. |
| Contents |
Peak water / Meena Palaniappan and Peter H. Gleick -- Business reporting on water / Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Peter H. Gleick -- Water management in a changing climate / Heather Cooley -- Millennium development goals: charting progress and the way forward / Meena Palaniappan -- China and water / Peter H. Gleick -- Urban water-use efficiencies: lessons from United States cities / Heather Cooley and Peter H. Gleick -- Water briefs. 1. Tampa Bay desalination plant: an update / Heather Cooley ; Past and future of the Salton Sea / Michael J. Cohen ; Three Gorges Dam project, Yangtze River, China / Peter H. Gleick ; Water conflict chronology / Peter H. Gleick. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fresh water.
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Fresh water. |
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Water-supply.
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Water-supply. |
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Water use.
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Water use. |
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Water conservation.
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Water conservation. |
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Water resources development.
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Water resources development. |
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Water resources development -- International cooperation.
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Water resources development -- International cooperation. |
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Water resources development -- China.
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China. |
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Water use -- China.
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Conservation of natural resources -- China.
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Conservation of natural resources. |
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cooley, Heather.
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| Added Title |
Biennial report on freshwater resources |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gleick, Peter H. World's water, 2008-2009. Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009 9781597265058 (OCoLC)231581219 |
| ISBN |
9781597269667 (electronic book) |
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1597269662 (electronic book) |
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9781597265058 |
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1597265055 |
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9781597265041 |
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1597265047 |
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