Politics of Fresh Water
Subtitle: Access, Conflict and Identity
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781138859227
Subjects: Fresh water
Description: The book analyzes responses to the water crisis as efforts to mitigate water insecurity and as expressions of collective identity that legitimate, resist, or seek to transform existing inequalities. The chapters focus on different processes that contribute to freshwater scarcity, including land use decisions, pollution, privatization, damming, climate change, discrimination, water management institutions and technology. Case studies are included from North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and New Zealand.