Coming Clean. The Politics of Water and the Environment

David Kinnersley

ISBN 10: 0140154485 / ISBN 13: 9780140154481

Published by Penguin, London England, 1994

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Paperback. Good water is in danger of becoming scarcer. The combined effects of pollution and expanding demand have increased this threat, even in England and other places long regarded as well-atered. For regions such as the Middle East and the Mediterranean, the sunshine and seaside playground for much of Europe, the overload of claims on the water environment is yet more serious. How will the many diverse interests involved cope with the damaging consequences of their own activities, especially in waste disposal? The author gives an extensive overciew of these major issues in Britain and beyond. From the changes that began in the 1950s, he moves on to discuss water privatization and European water directives as parts of a process of adaptation to environment constraints that are likely to be challenging for water agencies well beyond the 1990s. The role of infrastructure services, conservation and regulation, and the way we pay for water are among other areas reviewed, including the recognition that even leisure uses of water are now subject to some overload. Everyone using water will be affected by these changes as they reach well beyond the water agencies and their financing. This lively analysis of the key issues and problems is for anyone concerned with the continuing existence of rivers sparkling in the landscape and serving as waste disposal and life support systems in our natural environment. 229 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Coming Clean. The Politics of Water and the Environment
• Publisher: Penguin, London England
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140154485
• ISBN 13: 9780140154481
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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  • Politics.Theology Religion philosophy