The three ages of water prehistoric past, imperiled present, and a hope for the future
"In The Three Ages of Water, expert on water resources and climate change Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our most valuable resource. Spread over a ten-thousand-year human history, it begins with the fundamental evolutionary role water had in shaping early civilizations a...
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New York, NY :
PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part One : The first age of water
- 1 : A universe of water
- 2 : The miracle of life
- 3 : The evolution of humanity
- 4 : The beginning of agriculture
- 5 : The great flood
- 6 : Controlling water
- 7 : The first water war
- 8 : Laws and institutions
- 9: From the first to the second age
- Part Two : The second age of water
- 10 : Scientific revolutions
- 11 : Tackling the scourge of water-related diseases
- 12 : The science of safe water
- 13 : Building modern systems
- 14 : Water poverty
- 15 : Commercializing and privatizing water
- 16 : Water and conflict
- 17 : The blue-green revolution
- 18 : Industrial growth and environmental disasters
- 19 : The loss of nature
- 20 : Floods and droughts
- 21 : Climate change
- 22 : From the second to the third age
- Part Three : The third age of water
- 23 : A new way forward
- 24 : Meet basic human needs
- 25 : Recognize the true value of water
- 26 : Protect and restore
- 27 : Tackle climate change
- 28 : Avoid waste
- 29 : Recycle and reuse
- 30 : Desalt
- 31 : A vision for the future
- 32 : Getting from here to there.
