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Peak water : how we built civilisation on water and drained the world dry (New ed)

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Civilisation is thirsty... it never stopped to think what would happen if the water ran out.

ALEXANDER BELL Peak water is the point when the available water is not enough to meet the demands of the world's growing population.

We might live on a watery world, but we are exhausting accessible supplies.

Many parts of the world are already facing this crisis, and not only in the developing world.

Some of the places experiencing 'peak water' are in the USA, Europe and the UK.

Even the wettest lands will be engulfed in the global catastrophe that looms.

This is the issue of our age.

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Luath Press Ltd
1906817715 / 9781906817718
Paperback / softback
333.91
01/10/2012
United Kingdom
English
207 p.
24 cm
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Published in Scotland. Previous ed.: 2009.