Water Rights in Southeast Asia and India [electronic resource] /
Pink, Ross Michael.author.
This fascinating book examines the paramount human rights issue of our time: clean drinking water. Pollution, population surge, and climate change will deprive an estimated 2 billion citizens of this fundamental right by 2050. The author argues for the need to establish innovative, sustainable practices to safeguard this precious human right.
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One Myanmar: Resolving Water Insecurity and Poverty; Two Cambodia: A Rural Water Crisis; Three India: Drought, Climate Change, and Poverty; Four Indonesia: One of the Most Polluted Countries in the World; Five Laos: The Poorest Country in Asia; Six People's Republic of China: Confronting Catastrophic Drought and Pollution; Seven The Philippines: Devastated by Climate Change; Eight Thailand: A Struggle against Climate-Change Flooding
Nine Vietnam: A Struggle against Climate-Change DroughtConclusion : Innovation and Water Security; Notes; Index
Includes index.
This fascinating book examines the paramount human rights issue of our time: clean drinking water. Pollution, population surge, and climate change will deprive an estimated 2 billion citizens of this fundamental right by 2050. The author argues for the need to establish innovative, sustainable practices to safeguard this precious human right.
International relations.
Asia—Politics and government.
Sustainable development.
Natural resources.
Environmental sociology.
Political science.
International Relations.
Asian Politics.
Sustainable Development.
Natural Resource and Energy Economics.
Environmental Sociology.
Political Science.