Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Northeast Water Crisis
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Northeast Water Crisis
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Water Conflicts in Northeast India
Author: K. J. Joy
Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9780367277727
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Northeast India, apart from being the rainiest in India, is drained by two large river systems of the world - the Brahmaputra and the Barak (Meghna) - both transnational rivers cutting across bordering countries. The region, known for its rich water resources, has been witnessing an increasing number of conflicts related to water in recent years. This volume documents the multifaceted conflicts and contestations around water in Northeast India, analyses their causes and consequences, and includes expert recommendations. It fills a major gap in the subject by examining wide-ranging issues such as cultural and anthropological dimensions of damming rivers in the Northeast and Eastern Himalayas; seismic surveys, oil extractions, and water conflicts; discontent over water quality and drinking water; floods, river bank erosion, embankments; water policy; transboundary water conflicts; and hydropower development. It also discusses the alleged Chinese efforts to divert the Brahmaputra River. With its analytical and comprehensive coverage, 18 case studies, and suggested approaches for conflict resolution, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies, governance and public policy, politics and international relations, water resources, environment, geography, climate change, area studies, economics, and sociology. It will also be an important resource for policymakers, bureaucrats, development practitioners, civil society groups, the judiciary, and media.
Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall
ISBN: 9780367277727
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Northeast India, apart from being the rainiest in India, is drained by two large river systems of the world - the Brahmaputra and the Barak (Meghna) - both transnational rivers cutting across bordering countries. The region, known for its rich water resources, has been witnessing an increasing number of conflicts related to water in recent years. This volume documents the multifaceted conflicts and contestations around water in Northeast India, analyses their causes and consequences, and includes expert recommendations. It fills a major gap in the subject by examining wide-ranging issues such as cultural and anthropological dimensions of damming rivers in the Northeast and Eastern Himalayas; seismic surveys, oil extractions, and water conflicts; discontent over water quality and drinking water; floods, river bank erosion, embankments; water policy; transboundary water conflicts; and hydropower development. It also discusses the alleged Chinese efforts to divert the Brahmaputra River. With its analytical and comprehensive coverage, 18 case studies, and suggested approaches for conflict resolution, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of development studies, governance and public policy, politics and international relations, water resources, environment, geography, climate change, area studies, economics, and sociology. It will also be an important resource for policymakers, bureaucrats, development practitioners, civil society groups, the judiciary, and media.
The Northeast Water Supply Crisis of the 1960's
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Unquenchable
Author: Robert Jerome Glennon
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597266396
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out. Robert Glennon captures the irony—and tragedy—of America’s water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, Unquenchable reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry. The looming catastrophe remains hidden as government diverts supplies from one area to another to keep water flowing from the tap. But sooner rather than later, the shell game has to end. And when it does, shortages will threaten not only the environment, but every aspect of American life: we face shuttered power plants and jobless workers, decimated fi sheries and contaminated drinking water. We can’t engineer our way out of the problem, either with traditional fixes or zany schemes to tow icebergs from Alaska. In fact, new demands for water, particularly the enormous supply needed for ethanol and energy production, will only worsen the crisis. America must make hard choices—and Glennon’s answers are fittingly provocative. He proposes market-based solutions that value water as both a commodity and a fundamental human right. One truth runs throughout Unquenchable: only when we recognize water’s worth will we begin to conserve it.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597266396
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out. Robert Glennon captures the irony—and tragedy—of America’s water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, Unquenchable reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry. The looming catastrophe remains hidden as government diverts supplies from one area to another to keep water flowing from the tap. But sooner rather than later, the shell game has to end. And when it does, shortages will threaten not only the environment, but every aspect of American life: we face shuttered power plants and jobless workers, decimated fi sheries and contaminated drinking water. We can’t engineer our way out of the problem, either with traditional fixes or zany schemes to tow icebergs from Alaska. In fact, new demands for water, particularly the enormous supply needed for ethanol and energy production, will only worsen the crisis. America must make hard choices—and Glennon’s answers are fittingly provocative. He proposes market-based solutions that value water as both a commodity and a fundamental human right. One truth runs throughout Unquenchable: only when we recognize water’s worth will we begin to conserve it.
Uncharted Waters
Author: Richard Damania
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9781464811791
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9781464811791
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity
Water Resources Problems Affecting the Northeast
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1448
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1448
Book Description
Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Brian W. Blouet
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118729846
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Updated and revised with many new detailed maps and photographs, Latin America and the Carribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 7th Edition enables geographers to explore the changes and major issues facing this dynamic region today. The historical material has been streamlined in order to focus on contemporary issues. A new chapter was written to focus on Brazil and the Amazonia region. Key environmental issues are highlighted in new boxes throughout the chapters.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118729846
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Updated and revised with many new detailed maps and photographs, Latin America and the Carribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 7th Edition enables geographers to explore the changes and major issues facing this dynamic region today. The historical material has been streamlined in order to focus on contemporary issues. A new chapter was written to focus on Brazil and the Amazonia region. Key environmental issues are highlighted in new boxes throughout the chapters.
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description