Description |
xii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Water hoarding in a California drought -- How a coup opened Chile's water markets -- South Africa's water apartheid -- Mother Ganga is not for sale -- A revolution of the thirsty in Egypt -- Targeting Iraq's water -- Conclusion: imagining a water-secure world. |
Summary |
"There's Money in Thirst," reads a headline in the New York Times. The CEO of Nestlé, purveyor of bottled water, heartily agrees. It is important to give water a market value, he says in a promotional video, so "we're all aware that it has a price." But for those who have no access to clean water, a fifth of the world's population, the price is thirst. This is the frightening landscape that Karen Piper conducts us through in The Price of Thirst--one where thirst is political, drought is a business opportunity, and more and more of our most necessary natural resource is controlled by multinational corporations. The product of seven years of investigation across six continents and a dozen countries, and scores of interviews with CEOs, activists, environmentalists, and climate change specialists, The Price of Thirst paints a harrowing picture of a world out of balance, with the distance between the haves and have-nots of water inexorably widening and the coming crisis moving ever closer. |
Subject |
Water-supply -- Economic aspects.
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Water consumption -- Economic aspects.
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Water resources development.
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Bottled water industry.
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Water utilities.
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Water security.
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Bottled water industry. (OCoLC)fst00837025
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Water consumption -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01171652
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Water resources development. (OCoLC)fst01171955
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Water security. (OCoLC)fst01795729
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01172370
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Water utilities. (OCoLC)fst01172219
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ISBN |
9780816695423 (hc : alk. paper) |
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0816695423 (hc : alk. paper) |
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