Water under threat / Mohamed Larbi Bouguerra.
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TextSeries: Global issuesPublication details: London ; New York : Zed, 2006. Description: 208 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9781842777053 (pbk.) ; 184277705X (pbk.) Subject(s): Water-supply | Water-supply -- International cooperation | Water conservationDDC classification: 333.91 BOU Summary: "Rapid population growth, climate change and pollution have combined to make it the resource over which wars may be fought in years to come. But does water have a price? Is it a right or a need? Increasingly, water is viewed as a commodity whose function is to generate profits. In this book, Larbi Bouguerra argues that instead we should view it as a common good of humanity. Water has an exceptional cross-cultural symbolic value and its use raises enormous questions about our lifestyle, our ethics and our relationship with nature. Bouguerra makes a powerful case for a society that is more economical with water and manages it openly and democratically, as a global resource."--Jacket
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Rapid population growth, climate change and pollution have combined to make it the resource over which wars may be fought in years to come. But does water have a price? Is it a right or a need? Increasingly, water is viewed as a commodity whose function is to generate profits. In this book, Larbi Bouguerra argues that instead we should view it as a common good of humanity. Water has an exceptional cross-cultural symbolic value and its use raises enormous questions about our lifestyle, our ethics and our relationship with nature. Bouguerra makes a powerful case for a society that is more economical with water and manages it openly and democratically, as a global resource."--Jacket
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