Water Stress: Some Symptoms and Causes

A Case Study of Ta'iz, Yemen

Chris D. Handley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25806-8 (ISBN)

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Why is the bread basket of Arabia importing more water via grain than is pumped locally by all sectors and why does nobody notice? How can the same water be sold to different users at prices varying by five orders of magnitude? How can the biggest names in development throw millions of dollars at supplying water to a city and not an extra drop has emerged? Why do some of the wealthiest companies in the Middle East and their multinational associates get away with polluting water resources? This book presents the complex and fascinating account of Ta'iz, Yemen, a city embroiled in severe water stress as a consequence of environmental degradation, political facades, conflicting legal systems, military intervention and institutional incompetence. The result is a remarkable, compelling and controversial book which will be essential reading for academics, development agencies and NGOs around the world.

Chris D. Handley, SOAS, University of London, UK

Contents: Introduction; Autopsy of an aquifer; A socio-economic map of water allocation and use; Discussion: anatomy of a water crisis; Conclusions; Photographs; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	King's SOAS Studies in Development Geography
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-138-25806-7 / 1138258067
ISBN-13	978-1-138-25806-8 / 9781138258068
Zustand	Neuware