num_pages: 368
description: The world is running out of water. Even in the UK our reservoirs empty and there are drought warnings and hose pipe bans each year. Some of world's largest rivers now trickle into sand miles from the ocean, exhausted by human need. Water is 'the new oil' - except we can live without oil; there are no alternatives to fresh water.From Kent to Kenya, Fred Pearce explores the complex origins of the growing world water crisis. His vivid reportage reveals the personal stories behind failing rivers, barren fields, pollution, desertification, floods and water wars.Is there hope? Yes - but only if we revolutionize the way we treat water. This phenomenally important book shows us just how essential it is that each one of us takes responsibility for the way we use this crucial resource now - before all our rivers run dry.
language: English
title: When the Rivers Run Dry
titlecomplete: When the Rivers Run Dry
characters: Dai Qing, James Wolfensohn, Pliny the Elder, Daniel Rosenfeld, Michael Evenari, Saparmurat Niyazov, Mao Zedong, Bob Schemenauer, Andrew Parker
genres: Geography, Nature, Politics, Environment, Agriculture, Science, Nonfiction, Climate Change, Sustainability, History
ratings_count: 966
places: South Downs, England, North Dakota, Kent, England, Israel, Snowy Mountains, Yangtze River, Feodosia, Kansas, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Tegucigalpa, Sahel, Tilaipani, Madhya Pradesh, Isle of Ely, Uzbekistan, Shallalah Saghirah, Namibia, Ojinaga, Indus River, Juarez, Amazon River, Angkor, Lynmouth, Devon, England, Guatemala, Negev Desert, Shanxi Province, Hidalgo State, Sumer, Morocco, Machakos District, Texas, Hirapur, Madhya Pradesh, Shandong Province, Cyprus, Sussex, England, West Bank, Ely, Tamil Nadu, Sudan, Dipordi, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Nagaragawa, Angola, Sri Lanka, Libya, Idaho, Mexico, Okavango delta, Tampa Bay, Florida, Botswana, Loess Plateau, Gansu Province, Honduras, Ghana, Sudd, Lake Powell, Utah, Arizona, Australia, Oklahoma, Lake Chad, Lake Mead, Kazakhstan, Sahara Desert, Afghanistan, Palestine, Baluchistan State, Yuma, Arizona, Tirupur, Saudi Arabia, Yellow River, Plachimara, Keraia, Karnataka State, Devon, England, Gaza, California, Helmand Province, Bangladesh, Golan Heights, Phoenix, Arizona, Canada, China, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, El Paso, Texas, Paraguay, Ninxia Province, Crimea, Inner Mongolia, Mekong River, Kushkal, Gujarat, Turkmenistan, Mozambique, Iran, New South Wales, Kashmir, Cambodia, Nigeria, Aral Sea, Tibet, Santa Cruz, California
publisher: Transworld Publ. Ltd UK