Author

Publication

2017 - Island Press, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

80,750 words, Guess

Page Count

323 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9781610917902
  • Better World BooksO9-AXY-325
  • Open LibraryOL26946579M

Classifications

  • DDC551.48
  • LCCGB661.2 .P67 2017
  • LCCGB661.2.P67 2017

Description

"Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be essential as climate change disrupts both weather patterns and the models on which we base our infrastructure. We will be forced to adapt. The question is whether we will continue to fight the water cycle or recognize our place in it and take advantage of the inherent services nature offers. Water, Postel writes, is a gift, the source of life itself. How will we use this greatest of gifts?"--Dust jacket.

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Other Editions

  • Replenish: the virtuous cycle of water and prosperityIsland Press2017-01-01

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