Water : abundance, scarcity, and security in the age of humanity /

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An intellectual history of America's water management philosophy. Humans take more than their geological share of water, but they do not benefit from it equally. This imbalance has created an era of intense water scarcity that affects the security of individuals, states, and the global economy....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmidt, Jeremy J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Water-supply > History.
Water security.
Water resources development.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Histoire.
Sécurité de l'eau.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
water resources development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Water resources development
Water security
Water-supply
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : entering a new era of water management
  • First water, then the world
  • Laissez-faire metaphysics
  • Managing water for "the people"
  • America's post-colonial model of development
  • The space of scarcity
  • The globalization of normal water
  • Securing the water-energy-food-climate nexus
  • The anthropocene and the naturalization of process
  • Thinking ecologically in an age of geology
  • Conclusion : water in the anthropocene.

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