num_pages: 336
description: In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our most complete portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for us all.Named as one of the Top 50 Sustainability Books by University of Cambridges Programme for Sustainability Leadership and Greenleaf Publishing.
language: English
title: When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
titlecomplete: When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
characters: Bob Schemenauer, Michael Evenari, Saparmurat Niyazov, Daniel Rosenfeld, Mao Zedong, James Wolfensohn, Dai Qing, Pliny the Elder, Andrew Parker
genres: Climate Change, Environment, Politics, Geography, Science, Nature, Agriculture, Nonfiction, History, Sustainability
ratings_count: 966
places: Sahel, Arizona, Burkina Faso, El Paso, Texas, Juarez, California, Amazon River, Isle of Ely, Snowy Mountains, Yuma, Arizona, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Karnataka State, Nagaragawa, Idaho, Hirapur, Yangtze River, Kansas, Indus River, Kazakhstan, Madhya Pradesh, Kushkal, Gujarat, Mozambique, Dipordi, Lake Mead, Crimea, Sudan, Mexico, Helmand Province, Shandong Province, Turkmenistan, Negev Desert, Tamil Nadu, Namibia, Morocco, Devon, England, Paraguay, Angkor, Inner Mongolia, Tilaipani, Madhya Pradesh, Angola, Okavango delta, Cyprus, Shanxi Province, Plachimara, Keraia, Palestine, Texas, Botswana, Iran, Australia, Santa Cruz, California, Lake Powell, Utah, Israel, West Bank, Sumer, Sahara Desert, Oklahoma, Sussex, England, Ely, Baluchistan State, Honduras, Tirupur, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Loess Plateau, Cambodia, Sudd, Phoenix, Arizona, Gansu Province, Afghanistan, Shallalah Saghirah, Tibet, Lynmouth, Devon, England, Ojinaga, Lake Chad, Ninxia Province, Machakos District, Pakistan, Ghana, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, China, Golan Heights, New South Wales, Canada, Uzbekistan, Kashmir, Kent, England, Libya, South Downs, England, Tampa Bay, Florida, Feodosia, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Yellow River, Aral Sea, Hidalgo State, Guatemala, Tegucigalpa, North Dakota, Gaza, Mekong River
publisher: Beacon Press