Book description
The world's population is increasing; but its supply of water is not.
Empires have grown and declined due to discovery and exhaustion of their
water sources, and now the West is catching on to the fact that
abundance of water can no longer be taken for granted. For the last
fifty years, wars have been fought over oil; for the next fifty, they
may be fought over water (in fact, some local wars already have been).
Remarkably, this new book is the first to bring together the ecological,
geographical, political and scientific aspects of water. Its author,
Professor Paul L Younger, is one of the UK's leading experts on water -
a substance of which we consume 150 litres of a day, and in its bottled
form are willing to pay more for than for petrol. Paul Younger
(Glasgow, Scotland) is one of the world's leading hydrogeologists, with
25 years of experience in the water industry worldwide. He is currently
a full Professor at the University of Newcastle, where he heads up the
Institute for Research on Sustainability. He is a fellow of the Royal
Academy of Engineering.
