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Fred Pearce - When The Rivers Run Dry (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
The world is running out of water. Even in the UK our reservoirs empty and there are drought warnings and hose pipe bans each year. Some of world's largest rivers now trickle into sand miles from the ocean, exhausted by human need. Water is 'the new oil' - except we can live without oil; there are no alternatives to fresh water.
From Kent to Kenya, Fred Pearce explores the complex origins of the growing world water crisis. His vivid reportage reveals the personal stories behind failing rivers, barren fields, pollution, desertification, floods and water wars.
Is there hope? Yes - but only if we revolutionize the way we treat water.
This phenomenally important book shows us just how essential it is that each one of us takes responsibility for the way we use this crucial resource now - before all our rivers run dry.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - Geography, Earth Sciences & Space
- Published : 2006 (This Edition 2007 - Eden Project Books)
- ISBN : 9781903919583
- SKU : B004055
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"If ever a book has been written that demands to be read it is this one. This is that rare thing - a journey through a hugely important and complex subject in the company of a natural storyteller who makes you feel intelligent." - Tim Smit.
"Of all the travel books I have ever read this is the most frightening, the most inspiring and the most important. A book every politician must be made to read and understand." - David Bellamy.
"Environmental journalist Fred Pearce's book, When the Rivers Run Dry could not be better timed." - Robin McKie, The Observer.
"Pearce argues powerfully that unless mankind can rethink its whole attitude towards the use and misuse of resource, the consequence could be famine, pestilence and even war for huge numbers of human beings." - Trevor Grove, Daily Mail.
"Veteran science writer Pearce (Turning Up the Heat) makes a strong - and scary - case that a worldwide water shortage is the most fearful looming environmental crisis. With a drumbeat of facts both horrific and fascinating . . . the former New Scientist news editor documents a 'kind of cataclysm' already affecting many of the world's great rivers." - Publishers Weekly
AI Summary
Explore the critical global water crisis through Fred Pearce's compelling investigation into humanity's relationship with Earth's rivers. This thought-provoking work examines how rivers sustain civilizations, agriculture, and ecosystems whilst revealing the mounting pressures of overuse, climate change, and competing demands. Pearce travels across continents to uncover the stories behind vanishing waterways and their consequences for billions of people. A vital read for anyone concerned with environmental sustainability, resource management, and our planet's future water security.
The Author
Fred Pearce is a former news editor at New Scientist magazine, and is currently its environment and development consultant. He has written 14 previous books, which have been published in the UK and US and translated into French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Norwegian and Portugueseis. He writes regularly for the Independent and the Times Higher Education Supplement, the Boston Globe and Foreign Policy in the US. He is also syndicated in Japan, Australia and elsewhere and has filed articles from more than 50 countries in the past decade. He was voted BEMA Environment Journalist of the Year in 2001 and has been short-listed for the same award in 2000, 2002 and 2003. He is a past recipient of the Peter Kent Conservation Book Award and the TES Junior Information Book Award. His books have been translated into eight languages. He is a regular broadcaster on radio and TV, with interview credits from Today to Richard and Judy to the Open University.
