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

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



This new volume contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water, as well as an assessment of recent water conferences, including 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 perhaps the world's leading authority 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. It is an essential reference for water resource professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.

About the Author
Peter Gleick is widely recognized as one of the two or three leading experts on freshwater resources. His Ph.D. is from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1988 he received a MacArthur Fellowship award to study the implications of global environmental changes for water and international security and a Writing Grant in Peace and International Cooperation. The BBC recently named him as one a Visionary on the environment in its Essential Guide to the 21st Century. He has served as Deputy Assistant for energy, environment, and arms control to Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California. Among other things, he is on the Science and International Security Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Global Environmental Change Committee of the American Geophysical Union, and the Scientific Advisory Group of the President's Commission on Sustainable Development.

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.com Sales Rank: #533,513 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

By	F. VALDES Perezgasga "charrin" (Torreon, Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	M. Roos (Philadelphia PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	William E. Marks "water researcher/writer/spe... (Martha's Vineyard, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.