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Author Gleick, Peter H

Title The world's water, 2008-2009 : the biennial report on freshwater resources / Peter H. Gleick ; with Heather Cooley [and others]
Published Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 402 pages) : illustrations
Contents Peak water / Meena Palaniappan and Peter H. Gleick -- Business reporting on water / Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Peter H. Gleick -- Water management in a changing climate / Heather Cooley -- Millennium development goals: charting progress and the way forward / Meena Palaniappan -- China and water / Peter H. Gleick -- Urban water-use efficiencies: lessons from United States cities / Heather Cooley and Peter H. Gleick -- Water briefs. 1. Tampa Bay desalination plant: an update / Heather Cooley ; Past and future of the Salton Sea / Michael J. Cohen ; Three Gorges Dam project, Yangtze River, China / Peter H. Gleick ; Water conflict chronology / Peter H. Gleick
Summary Peak water / Meena Palaniappan and Peter H. Gleick -- Business reporting on water / Mari Morikawa, Jason Morrison, and Peter H. Gleick -- Water management in a changing climate / Heather Cooley -- Millennium development goals: charting progress and the way forward / Meena Palaniappan -- China and water / Peter H. Gleick -- Urban water-use efficiencies: lessons from United States cities / Heather Cooley and Peter H. Gleick -- Water briefs. 1. Tampa Bay desalination plant: an update / Heather Cooley ; Past and future of the Salton Sea / Michael J. Cohen ; Three Gorges Dam project, Yangtze River, China / Peter H. Gleick ; Water conflict chronology / Peter H. Gleick
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Fresh water.
Water-supply.
Water use.
Water conservation.
Water resources development.
Water resources development -- International cooperation
Water resources development -- China
Water use -- China
Conservation of natural resources -- China
Sustainable development.
Climatic changes
water resources development.
sustainable development.
climate change.
fresh water (water by property)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Climatic changes
Conservation of natural resources
Fresh water
Sustainable development
Water conservation
Water resources development
Water resources development -- International cooperation
Water-supply
Water use
China
Form Electronic book
Author Cooley, Heather
ISBN 9781597269667
1597269662
Other Titles Biennial report on freshwater resources