Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge

Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge
ISBN-10
022671960X
ISBN-13
9780226719603
Category
Nature
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2022-06-13
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Author
Erica Gies

Description

Descending into chaos -- Water in geologic time: how ancient rivers can help ease droughts -- From megadams to microbes: water's relationship with tiny forms of life -- Beavers: the original water engineers -- Reclaiming historic water knowledge in modern India -- Planting water: how water shaped culture in ancient Peru -- Let floodplains be floodplains: antidote to the industrial era -- For future humans: protecting water towers in Kenya -- Future coastal, where fresh water meets salt -- Our shared future: living with water.

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