Publication

2015-10-15 - Pluto Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL27511955M
  • ISBN-139780745334929
  • ISBN-10074533492X
  • OCLC Control Number907186811
  • Amazon074533492X

Classifications

  • LCCHD1691.G66 2015

Description

The one indispensable resource, water is increasingly controlled and even owned by private capital. By 2012, water was a trillion-dollar industry--and as population growth, industrial production, and ecological change make scarcity ever-more common, water may well become the source of military and political conflict in the years to come. This book looks at how we got here and what we can and should do next. Laying out the complex arguments surrounding water, its ownership and access to it, Mike Gonzalez and Marianella Yanes make the technical and scientific aspects of the discussion clear and accessible--and thereby enable themselves to make the political questions more urgent. Pushing back against the market fundamentalists, the authors argue that it is both possible and necessary that considerations of equity and social justice prevail in the debates about water. Powerful and polemical, The Last Drop will be a vital resource for water activists worldwide.--Amazon.com

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Last Drop: The Politics of WaterHardcoverPluto Press2015-10-15

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