The last oasis : facing water scarcity / Sandra Postel.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Worldwatch environmental alert series.
Main Author: Postel, Sandra
Language:English
Published: London : Earthscan, 1992.
Series:Worldwatch environmental alert series.
Subjects:
Water-supply.
Water conservation.
Water rights.
Natural resources > Water.
Physical Description:239 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • An illusion of plenty
  • Signs of scarcity
  • Engineering's promise
  • Bread and water
  • Paradise lost
  • Hydropolitics - A world heating up
  • Thrifty irrigation
  • Small-scale solutions
  • Wastewater no more
  • Industrial recycling
  • Conserving in cities
  • Pricing, markets, and regulations
  • A water ethic.