Journey in the Future of Water

Author： Tvedt> Terje

Publisher： I.B.Tauris‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9780857723086

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781848857445

Subject： TV213 water resources development

Keyword：环境保护管理

Language： ENG

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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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CONTENTS

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 ETHIOPIA

11. 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 AMERICA

23. THE ISLAND OF THE SAGAS ENTERS THE AGE OF WATER

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PICTURE CREDITS

INDEX

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