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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 videos file, approximately 90 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This award winning documentary directed by Sam Bozzo is based on the book BLUE GOLD: THE FIGHT TO STOP THE CORPORATE THEFT OF THE WORLD'S WATER by Maude Barlow and Tony Clark. The film examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water.
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Water activist and author Barlow, founder of the Blue Planet Project, lays out some terrifying unsafe-water statistics as she addresses the need for the international community to move toward a water-secure and water-just world.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Letterboxed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours too?"--Container.
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend ourselves against the sea? Is it in the nature of Americans to adapt to nature in flux? The most comprehensive—and comprehensible—book on contemporary water...
Author
Publisher
Earthscan from Routledge
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
x, 200 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces the idea that ethics are an intrinsic dimension of any water policy, program, or practice, and that understanding what ethics are being acted out in water policies is fundamental to an understanding of water resource management. Thus in controversies or conflicts over water resource allocation and use, an examination of ethics can help clarify the positions of conflicting parties as preparation for constructive negotiations....
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