The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water (Quality)) [Paperback]

Peter H. Gleick (Author), Heather Cooley (Author), David Katz (Author), Emily Lee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1597261068 | ISBN-13: 978-1597261067

Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of water-related topics. The 2006-2007 volume features overview chapters on:

• Water and terrorism
• Business risks of water
• Water and ecosystems
• Floods and droughts
• Desalination
• Environmental justice and water

The book contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water as well as an assessment of recent water conferences, including the 4th World Water Forum. It also offers a brief review of issues surrounding the use of bottled water and the possible existence of water on Mars.

 

From one of the world's leading authorities on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them.

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About the Author

Peter H. Gleick is president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California, and is a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Felloship for his work on water issues.

Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Island Press (November 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597261068
• ISBN-13: 978-1597261067
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,276,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Peter H. Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. His research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health, the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization and globalization, and international conflicts over water resources.

Dr. Gleick is an internationally recognized water expert and was named a MacArthur Fellow in October 2003 for his work. In 2001, Gleick was dubbed a "visionary on the environment" by the British Broadcasting Corporation. In 1999, Gleick was elected an Academician of the International Water Academy, in Oslo, Norway and in 2006, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. In 2008, Wired Magazine named him "one of 15 people the next President should listen to."

Gleick received a B.S. from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He serves on the boards of numerous journals and organizations, and is the author of many scientific papers and eight books, including the biennial water report, "The World's Water" and his latest, "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water."

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gem for water studies, September 16, 2007

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This review is from: The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water (Quality)) (Paperback)

This is the first time I have seen "The World's Water" a bienniall report on the state of the planet's freshwaters and I have found what a gem of information it is.
The individual essays on concrete aspects of freshwater in the world today refer to matters that are critical and current. The tables and statistics at the end of the book are up to date references that are extremely useful to gauge the state of freshwater use and abuse in all regions of the world, an unvaluable resource for local activism anywhere in our planet.
Simply put, an indispensable book for anyone with interest in freshwater.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The latest information on this topic - a must have, February 21, 2007

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M. Roos (San Antonio TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water (Quality)) (Paperback)

A readable survey of the current thinking on water resources. Especially valuable is the detailed index provided to past volumes, which are not at all redundant to the current volume.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Global View of Water, November 26, 2008

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William E. Marks "water researcher/writer/spe... (Martha's Vineyard, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The World's Water 2006-2007: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources (World's Water (Quality)) (Paperback)

I highly recommend Gleick's book to anyone who is interested in freshwater statistics on a regional, countrywide, or global basis.

As a former state-certified water testing laboratory owner and Director, water researcher, and water book author, Water Voices from Around The World; The Holy Order of Water: Healing the Earth's Waters and Ourselves - I can personally vouch for the usefulness of this publication as a tool for grasping trends about freshwater and the future of our civilization and all life on Earth.

Over the many years of the Pacific Institute's publication of this biennial report - the information it presents becomes more valuable with each edition as we come to terms with a rapidly growing water crisis.