Erik Swyngedouw explores how water becomes part of the tumultuous processes of modernisation and development. Using the experience of Spain as a lens to view the interplay of modernity and environmental transformation, he shows that every political project is also an environment…
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En Afrique de l'Ouest comme dans d'autres Suds, la crise de l'eau est déjà une réalité. Ce livre analyse avec clarté la réponse ambitieuse qu'y ont apportée les Etats riverains du fleuve Sénégal: la mise en place de l'OMVS, un cadre institutionnel et juridique comptant parmi les…
Examines the political and ecological consequences of the uses and misuses of water as increasing demands threaten the global supply--issues compounded by decreasing water table levels and rampant pollution.
In his award-winning book WATER, Marq de Villiers provides an eye-opening account of how we are using, misusing, and abusing our planet's most vital resource. Encompassing ecological, historical, and cultural perspectives, de Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, …
Examines the political and ecological consequences of the uses and misuses of water as increasing demands threaten the global supply--issues compounded by decreasing water table levels and rampant pollution.
Examines how water has been used to create and destroy civilizations throughout history and discusses the problems that could arise in the future if the world's water supply isn't protected.
The power and politics of water -- (Green) governmentality and biopolitics -- Global water governance : scarcity, populations and distinctions -- Hydromentalities -- Understanding biopolitical effects locally : life(styles), subjectivities and moral obligations -- The biopolitic…