Water abundance, scarcity, and security in the age of humanity / Jeremy J. Schmidt.

Author/creator Schmidt, Jeremy J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, [2017]
Descriptionxii, 308 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : entering a new era of water management -- First water, then the world -- Laissez-faire metaphysics -- Managing water for "the people" -- America's post-colonial model of development -- The space of scarcity -- The globalization of normal water -- Securing the water-energy-food-climate nexus -- The anthropocene and the naturalization of process -- Thinking ecologically in an age of geology -- Conclusion : water in the anthropocene.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-293) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016049636
ISBN9781479846429 (cl : alk. paper)