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Author : Selina Ho
Release : 2019-01-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 820/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thirsty Cities by : Selina Ho
Download or read book Thirsty Cities written by Selina Ho. This book was released on 2019-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the answer to the enduring puzzle why India lags behind China in offering public goods to its people.
Author : Danilo J. Anton
Release : 1993
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 086/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thirsty Cities by : Danilo J. Anton
Download or read book Thirsty Cities written by Danilo J. Anton. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many cities in Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing a water crisis as sources become exhausted or degraded. Urbanization, deteriorating infrastructures with a lack of funds for repairs, and inadequate polices are conspiring to cause water shortages. People are becoming concentrated in megacities, such as Mexico City with a population of almost 23 million, that have outgrown their water-supply systems. Urban areas are increasingly incapable of supplying water and sewer systems for their populations. By the year 2020, more than 500 million inhabitants of Latin America (two-thirds of.
Author : Jaime-Chaim Shulman
Release : 2017-11-01
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 420/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities by : Jaime-Chaim Shulman
Download or read book A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities written by Jaime-Chaim Shulman. This book was released on 2017-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.
Author : Skye Borden
Release : 2014-07-29
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 802/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thirsty City by : Skye Borden
Download or read book Thirsty City written by Skye Borden. This book was released on 2014-07-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlanta is running out of water and is in the midst of a water crisis. Its crumbling infrastructure spews toxic waste and raw sewage into neighboring streams. A tri-state water war between Alabama, Florida, and Georgia has been raging since 1990, with Atlanta caught in the middle; however, the city's problems have been more than a century in the making. In Thirsty City, Skye Borden tells the complete story of how Atlanta's water ran dry. Using detailed historical research, legal analysis, and personal accounts, she explores the evolution of Atlanta's water system as well as charts the poor urban planning decisions that led to the city's current woes. She also uncovers the loopholes in local, state, and federal environmental laws that have enabled urban planners to shirk responsibility for ongoing water quantity and quality problems. From the city's unfortunate location to its present-day debacle, Thirsty City is a fascinating and highly readable account that reveals how Atlanta's quest for water is riddled with shortsighted decisions, unchecked greed, political corruption, and racial animus.
Author : Isabella Donnelly
Release : 2017-01-30
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Book Rating : 744/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Thirsty Cities and Dirty Water by : Isabella Donnelly
Download or read book Thirsty Cities and Dirty Water written by Isabella Donnelly. This book was released on 2017-01-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ." . . the good feeling was as universal and exuberant as though the Lake Tunnel had fl ooded the city with champagne and oysters, instead of pure water without little fi sh."
