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The Atlas of Water = Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Atlas of Water /
Reminder of title:	Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource
Author:	Black, Maggie
Published:	Berkeley :University of California Press, : 2016,
Description:	1 online resource (129 pages)
Notes:	18 WATER FOOTPRINT : Industrialized lifestyles involve the consumption of large amounts of "virtual" water embedded in foodstuffs and in manufactured items
Subject:	Water-supply - Congresses. -
Online resource:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/UCPB0001525.html
ISBN:	9780520965607

The Atlas of Water = Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource
Black, Maggie

The Atlas of Water Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource[electronic resource] : - 3rd ed - Berkeley :University of California Press,2016 - 1 online resource (129 pages)

18 WATER FOOTPRINT : Industrialized lifestyles involve the consumption of large amounts of "virtual" water embedded in foodstuffs and in manufactured items

Includes bibliographical references and index

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; L; M; P; R; S; U; W; Useful Conversions; PART 1 A FINITE RESOURCE; 1 GLOBAL WATER: The volume of water in the world never changes, but only 2.5% is fresh, and more than two-thirds of this is unavailable for human use.; 2 WATER'S UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION: The amount of water that falls as rain, filling lakes, rivers, streams and aquifers, remains constant. At present we are still using less than a third

Climate change, ?population increase, ?and the demands made by the growing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and western diets?threaten the world's supply of freshwater, edging us closer to a global?water?crisis, with dire implications for agriculture, the economy, the environment, and human health. Completely revised and updated, ?The?Atlas?of?Water?is a compelling visual guide to the state of this life-sustaining resource. Using vivid graphics, maps, and charts, it explores the complex human interaction with?water?around?the world. This vibrant?atlas?addresses all the pressing issues c

ISBN: 9780520965607Subjects--Topical Terms:

784111
Water-supply
--Congresses.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

761329
Electronic books

LC Class. No.: G1046.C3 / C53 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 333.91

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