Water Wars
pollution, profits and privatization
$73.80
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2002
Summary
Vandana Shiva, a world-renowned environmentalist and campaigner, examines the “water-war” of the 21st century: the progressive 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 21st century may match - or even surpass - the oil wars of the 20th. This title sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780745318370 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0745318371 |
| Author: | Vandana Shiva |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 20 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 135mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘The world’s most prominent radical scientist’
‘The world’s most prominent radical scientist’ – Guardian
About The Author
Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva, formerly one of India’s leading physicists, is now a leading environmental campaigner, the winner of the Alternative Nobel Peace Prize and the author of several books, including Stolen Harvest (Zed Books, 2001), Biopiracy (Green Books, 1998), and Biopolitics (Zed Books, 1995).
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