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Water Wars: Pollution, Profits and Privatization
Vandana Shiva
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Description for Water Wars: Pollution, Profits and Privatization
Paperback. A world-renowned environmentalist , Shiva examines the 'water wars' of the twenty-first century: the aggressive privatisation by the multinationals of communal water rights. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJVD; KNBW; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
"The world's most prominent radical scientist."
The Guardian
Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned environmentalist and campaigner, examines the ‘water wars’ of the twenty-first century: the aggressive privatization by the multinationals of communal water rights.
While drought and desertification are intensifying around the world, corporations are aggressively converting free-flowing water into bottled profits. The water wars of the twenty-first century may match -- or even surpass -- the oil wars of the twentieth. In Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit, acclaimed author Vandana Shiva sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate manoeuvres ... Read more
"The world's most prominent radical scientist."
The Guardian
Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned environmentalist and campaigner, examines the ‘water wars’ of the twenty-first century: the aggressive privatization by the multinationals of communal water rights.
While drought and desertification are intensifying around the world, corporations are aggressively converting free-flowing water into bottled profits. The water wars of the twenty-first century may match -- or even surpass -- the oil wars of the twentieth. In Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution and Profit, acclaimed author Vandana Shiva sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate manoeuvres ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745318370
SKU
V9780745318370
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About Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva was one of India's leading physicists and is now a leading environmental campaigner, the winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize and the author of several books, including Soil not Oil (North Atlantic Books, 2015), Making Peace with the Earth (Pluto, 2013) and Water Wars (Pluto, 2002). She also contributed the foreword to Nature for Sale (Pluto, 2013). ... Read more
Reviews for Water Wars: Pollution, Profits and Privatization
'The world's most prominent radical scientist'
Guardian
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