The World's Water Volume 7

The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources

Peter H. Gleick, Lucy Allen, Juliet Christian-Smith, Michael J. Cohen, Heather Cooley, Matthew Heberger, Jason Morrison, Meena Palaniappan, Paul Schulte

• Publisher: Island Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781597269995, 9781597269988
• eBook ISBN: 9781610910484
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Biological Sciences

Produced biennially, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.
 
Volume 7 features chapters on U.S. water policy, transboundary waters, and the effects of fossil fuel production on water resources, among other timely issues. Water briefs provide concise updates on topics including bottled water, The Great Lakes Water Agreement, and water and security.
 
The World's Water is coauthored by MacArthur "genius" Peter H. Gleick and his colleagues at the world-renowned Pacific Institute. Since the first volume was published in 1998, the series has become an indispensable resource for professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.

Table of contents

• About Island Press
• About the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables
• Foreword
• Introduction
• CHAPTER 1 - Climate Change and Transboundary Waters
• CHAPTER 2 - Corporate Water Management
• CHAPTER 3 - Water Quality
• CHAPTER 4 - Fossil Fuels and Water Quality
• CHAPTER 5 - Australia’s Millennium Drought: Impacts and Responses
• CHAPTER 6 - China Dams
• CHAPTER 7 - U.S. Water Policy Reform
• WATER BRIEF 1 - Bottled Water and Energy
• WATER BRIEF 2 - The Great Lakes Water Agreements
• WATER BRIEF 3 - Water in the Movies
• WATER BRIEF 4 - Water Conflict Chronology
• DATA TABLE 1 - Total Renewable Freshwater Supply, by Country
• DATA TABLE 2 - Freshwater Withdrawal by Country and Sector
• DATA TABLE 3 - Access to Safe Drinking Water by Country, 1970–2008
• DATA TABLE 4 - Access to Sanitation by Country, 1970–2008
• DATA TABLE 5 - MDG Progress on Access to Safe Drinking Water by Region
• DATA TABLE 6 - MDG Progress on Access to Sanitation by Region
• DATA TABLE 7 - Under-5 Mortality Rate by Cause and Country, 2008
• DATA TABLE 8 - Infant Mortality Rate by Country (per 1,000 live births)
• DATA TABLE 9 - Death and DALYs from Selected Water-Related Diseases, 2000 and 2004
• DATA TABLE 10 - Overseas Development Assistance for Water Supply and Sanitation, by Donating Country
• DATA TABLE 11 - Overseas Development Assistance for Water Supply and Sanitation, by Subsector (total of all donating countries)
• DATA TABLE 12 - Organic Water Pollutant (BOD) Emissions by Country (% from various industries), 2005
• DATA TABLE 13 - Top Environmental Concerns of the American Public: Selected Years, 1997–2010 (% Who Worry “A Great Deal”)
• DATA TABLE 14A AND 14B - Top Environmental Concerns Around the World; Concern for Water Issues (% “Very Concerned”) for Seven Major Countries
• DATA TABLE 15 - Satisfaction With Local Water Quality, by Country, 2006–2007
• DATA TABLE 16 - Extinct (or Extinct in the Wild) Freshwater Animal Species
• DATA TABLE 17 - U.S. Federal Water-Related Agency Budgets
• DATA TABLE 18 - Overseas Dams With Chinese Financiers, Developers, or Builders (as of August 2010)
• DATA TABLE 19 - Per-Capita Bottled Water Consumption by Top Countries, 1999–2010 (Liters per Person per Year)
• Water Units, Data Conversions, and Constants
• Comprehensive Table of Contents
• Comprehensive Table of Contents
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