Description: Water PoliticsGoverning Our Most Precious Resource Author(s): David L. Feldman Format: Paperback Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Polity Press ISBN-13: 9781509504626, 978-1509504626 Synopsis As the world faces another water crisis, it is easy to understand why this precious and highly-disputed resource could determine the fate of entire nations. In reality, however, water conflicts rarely result in violence and more often lead to collaborative governance, however precarious. In this comprehensive and accessible text, David Feldman introduces readers to the key issues, debates, and challenges in water politics today. Its ten chapters explore the processes that determine how this unique resource captures our attention, the sources of power that determine how we allocate, use, and protect it, and the purposes that direct decisions over its cost, availability, and access. Drawing on contemporary water controversies from every continent ? from Flint, Michigan to Mumbai, Sao Paulo, and Beijing ?the book argues that cooperation and more equitable water management are imperative if the global community is to adequately address water challenges and their associated risks, particularly in the developing world. While alternatives for enhancing water supply, including waste-water re-use, desalination, and conservation abound, without inclusive means of addressing citizens' concerns, their adoption faces severe hurdles that can impede cooperation and generate additional conflicts.
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Book Title: Water Politics
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Water Politics: Governing Our Most Precious Resource
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Geology, Government
Item Height: 245 mm
Item Weight: 492 g
Type: Textbook
Author: David L. Feldman
Item Width: 172 mm
Format: Paperback
