In his award-winning book WATER, Marq de Villiers provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet's most vital resource.Encompassing ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, de Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas, and the Middle East, where swelling populations and unchecked development have stressed fresh water supplies nearly beyond remedy.Political struggles for control of water rage around the globe, and rampant pollution daily poses dire ecological theats.With one eye on these looming crises and the other on the history of our dependence on our planet's most precious commodity, de Villiers has crafted a powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations that will be "a wake-up call for concerned citizens, environmentalists, policymakers, and water drinkers everywhere" (Publishers Weekly).
- ISBN13 9780152023485
- Publish Date 1 April 2000 (first published 1 January 1948)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 January 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harcourt Brace International
- Edition Voyager Book ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 32
- Language English