Running Out of Water by Peter Rogers
Deftly weaving science, politics, economics and human foibles, Running Out of Water offers a comprehensive look at the water crisis affecting our planet. Focusing on solutions, Running Out of Water lays out the political leadership, policy action and technology tools required to sustain out water supplies.
PETER ROGERS is a leading water expert and Professor of Environmental Engineering at Harvard University, USA and a Senior Advisor to the Global Water Partnership. He has worked in over twenty-five countries on the issue of water shortage and was awarded the Warren Hall Prize from the Universities Council on Water Resources. He has written for many scientific journals including Scientific American on this subject, and has received a Guggenheim, and a Twentieth Century Fellowship. SUSAN LEAL is the former General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, USA. While running this large water and power utility, she established the first Climate Change consortium of U.S. water utilities. Leal is currently a Fellow of the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University, USA and heads an environmental consulting firm based in San Francisco, California. She also has held elected and appointed offices in California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780230615649 |
| ISBN 10 | 0230615643 |
| Title | Running Out of Water |
| Author | Peter Rogers |
| Series | Macmillan Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2010-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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