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oapen-20.500.12657-576932022-08-02T03:00:16Z Signs of Water Boschman, Robert Jakubec, Sonya L. Water water rights human rights water pollution rivers oceans lakes ponds rain water systems water access politics of water global water systems future of water climate security water security plant healing race and water Detroit environmental justice indigenous water access water policy public policy water law social inequality cultural diversity environmental degradation community based natural resource management sustainable water supply management hydroelectric power fish farming watersheds hydroscape bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WN Natural history::WNW The Earth: natural history general Water is more important than ever before. It is increasingly controversial in direct proportion to its scarcity, demand, neglect, and commodification. There is no place on the planet where water is not, or will not be, of critical concern. Signs of Water brings together scholars and experts from five continents in an interdisciplinary exploration of the theoretical approaches, social and political issues, and anthropogenic hazards surrounding water in the twenty-first century. From the kitchen taps of Detroit, Michigan to the water-harvesting infrastructure of Tokyo, from the Upper Xingu Basin of Brazil to the Sunda Deep of the Java Trench, these essays flow through time and place to uncover the many issues surrounding water today. Asking key theoretical questions, exposing threats to vital water systems, and proposing paths forward, Signs of Water brims with histories, ontologies, and political struggles. Bringing together local experiences to tell a global story, it centers water as history, as politics, and as a human right. 2022-08-01T12:37:15Z 2022-08-01T12:37:15Z 2022 book ONIX_20220801_9781773852355_12 9781773852355 9781773852348 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57693 eng Arts in Action application/pdf n/a 9781773852355.pdf University of Calgary Press University of Calgary Press 5c7afbd8-3329-4175-a51e-9949eb959527 9781773852355 9781773852348 University of Calgary Press 3 434 Calgary open access
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Water is more important than ever before. It is increasingly controversial in direct proportion to its scarcity, demand, neglect, and commodification. There is no place on the planet where water is not, or will not be, of critical concern. Signs of Water brings together scholars and experts from five continents in an interdisciplinary exploration of the theoretical approaches, social and political issues, and anthropogenic hazards surrounding water in the twenty-first century. From the kitchen taps of Detroit, Michigan to the water-harvesting infrastructure of Tokyo, from the Upper Xingu Basin of Brazil to the Sunda Deep of the Java Trench, these essays flow through time and place to uncover the many issues surrounding water today. Asking key theoretical questions, exposing threats to vital water systems, and proposing paths forward, Signs of Water brims with histories, ontologies, and political struggles. Bringing together local experiences to tell a global story, it centers water as history, as politics, and as a human right.
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