A journey in the future of water
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 la
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; PART 1
THE NEW UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WATER; INTRODUCTION TO PART I; 1. TO THE RIVERS OF HEAVEN AND THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD; 2. A PUMP TOUR IN THE NETHERLANDS; 3. THE ICY BARRENS THAT ARE BECOMING THE WORLD'S 'HOT SPOT'; 4. FROM ACQUA VERGINE TO THE CITY THAT REFUSES TO DROWN; 5. THE AZTEC 'LAND ON WATER' AND THE MAYAN HIDDEN WATER WORLD; PART 2
THE AGE OF THE WATER LORDS; INTRODUCTION TO PART 2; 6. SOUTH AFRICA'S BRIEF 'WATER WAR'; 7. A WATER FESTIVAL IN SPAIN; 8. TO THE NILE; 9. WHERE THE BLUE NILE AND THE WHITE NILE MEET. 10. DAMS AND BAPTISMS IN ETHIOPIA11. ON THE SCANDINAVIAN RAIN COAST; 12. DETHRONING THE POWER OF THE MONSOON; 13. THE FLOOD PLAIN CAUGHT IN THE GRIP OF WATER; 14. TO THE HIMALAYAS AND THE 'WAR IN HEAVEN'; 15. WHERE THE MOST SACRED RIVER IS TOXIC; 16 THE DARK HORSE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD; 17. 'COOL' WATER
PARIS AND LOURDES; PART 3
WATER TRANSFORMING THE WORLD; INTRODUCTION TO PART 3; 18. CALIFORNIA DREAMING; 19. A NEW NILE VALLEY IN THE SAHARA; 20. HISTORY'S GREATEST ENGINEERING PROJECT IN CHINA; 21. TURN THOSE SIBERIAN RIVERS AROUND! 22. THE LARGEST OCEAN BENEATH THE EARTH
SOUTH AMERICA23. THE ISLAND OF THE SAGAS ENTERS THE AGE OF WATER; EPILOGUE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PICTURE CREDITS; INDEX
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