The end of abundance
Subtitle: economic solutions to water scarcity
By: David Zetland
Publisher: Aguanomics Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam ; Mission Viejo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780615469737
Subjects: Economic aspects; Government policy; Water resources development
Description: "An analysis of how management institutions may fail to cope with freshwater scarcity and how to reform them" -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The beginning of the end; title: Part I: Personal water choices: 1. Water from the tap; title: 2. Dirty water; title: 3. The liquid lifestyle; title: 4. Water for profit; title: 5. Food and water; title: 6. Water for power for water; title: Part II: Social water choices: 7. Managers and politicians; title: 8. Dams, pipes and pumps; title: 9. Water and the environment; title: 10. Weather and climate change; title: 11. A human right to water; title: 12. Water wars; title: Afterword: What you can do.