A Journey in the Future of WaterBloomsbury Publishing, 25. okt. 2013 - 280 sider Nourished by fears of global warming and climate change, water has become an issue of international concern. In "Journey in the Future of Water" leading water expert, TerjeTvedt, travels to 25 countries and all continents to find out more about the ways in which different nations are seeking to respond. From Project Moses, where gigantic underwater gates will rise to prevent the inundation of Venice, to India's River Link Plan, connecting 37 Himalayan rivers to major rivers in the south, the author examines the world's largest engineering projects, travels the great river valleys, visits 'the largest ocean under the Earth', and major cities of the world, to explore water's determining role in the life of the planet. The most comprehensive and accessible account of global water issues to date. |
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To the Nile | |
Where the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet | |
Dams and baptisms in Ethiopia | |
On the Scandinavian rain coast | |
Dethroning the power of the monsoon | |
The flood plain caught in the grip of water | |
To the Himalayas and the war in heaven | |
Where the most sacred river is toxic | |
From Acqua Vergine to the city that refuses to drown 5 The Aztec land on water and the Mayan hidden water world | |
The Age of the Water Lords | |
Introduction to Part 2 | |
South Africas brief water war | |
A water festival in Spain | |
Introduction to Part 3 | |
Epilogue | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Picture credits | |
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agriculture Aral Sea Aswan High Dam Bagmati Bangladesh become Beijing Brahmaputra building built canals catastrophes cenotes cent central centre century China Chinese city’s civilisation climate change conflict country’s created cubic metres desert downstream drought earth economic Egypt Egyptian enormous Ethiopia Europe’s flood flow fresh water future Ganges gigantic glaciers global Greenland groundwater Himalayas Hindu human increase India Indus irrigation Johannesburg journey Kashmir kilometres lake Lake Tana land Lesotho live Mayan melt million modern mountains nature Nepal Netherlands Nile ocean Pakistan plant political population pumping station rain region reservoir rise sea level society South Africa southern square kilometres struggle Sudan Terje Tvedt thousands Tibet Tibetan today’s upstream utilise Valley Venice water crisis water landscape water-rich waterfalls waterscape waterways whole world’s largest Yangtze Yellow River Yucatán Peninsula