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Keepers of the spring : reclaiming our water in an age of globalization /

Annotation "In Keepers of the Spring veteran science news correspondent Fred Pearce travels the world to bring back stories from people who have drawn on ancient tradition and modern technology to deliver to their communities the water they need to survive. These "keepers" are sustain...

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Основен автор: Pearce, Fred.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ℗♭2004.
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Онлайн достъп: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=156520
Подобни документи: Print version:: Keepers of the spring.
Съдържание:
  • Megawater
  • Civilization and the Water Cycle
  • Replumbing the Planet
  • Egypt's Source of Everlasting Prosperity?
  • Killing the Flood Plains
  • A New Force of Nature
  • Libya's Great Man-Made River
  • A Second Front in the Green Revolution
  • The Devil's Water
  • A Salty Hell
  • The Keepers
  • The Last of a Dying Breed?
  • Hidden Wonders of the Ancient World
  • Common Monuments to Human Perseverence
  • America's Lost Hydraulic Civilization
  • How to Catch the Rain
  • The People's Green Revolution
  • Trickles and Floods
  • Making Water from Thin Air
  • Restoring African Hydrology
  • Reviving the Wetlands
  • Conclusion
  • The Battle for the New Agenda.