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Bezig met laden... The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaosdoor Karen Piper
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 At first, I thought Piper might be exaggerating, that she might have become a water-rights zealot stating a case beyond the available evidence. But no, her research is impressive and her evidence is reliable. What an important, scary book. The gradual diminishment of clean fresh water is not late-breaking news, but the scarfing up of what remains by private concerns is fast approaching a maybe-too-late moment, writes the author in this piece of tack-sharp reportage. Piper’s report makes for anxious yet informative reading.
A handful of multinational water corporations with mafia-like powers are gradually shutting off the taps for people who cannot pay, causing global social unrest. It has led to a revolution in Egypt, border disputes between Iraq and Turkey, social upheaval in South Africa, and street fights in Greece. Today, these same corporations are quietly buying up U.S. water supplies while no one seems to notice. 'The Price of Thirst' examines the colonial history of these companies, as well their current expansion across the globe. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)333.91Social sciences Economics Economics of land & energy Hydrospheric, Atmospheric, and Biospheric Resources Hydrologic ResourcesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (4.5)
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And she’s got a point. There are parts of California, right now, where no water is available from safe, public sources. People are purchasing bottled water to drink and filling tanks—at a price—for hygiene use.
In The Price of Thirst, Karen Piper warns that this isn’t the drought-driven anomaly we might think, at least not on a planet-wide scale. Not only are we facing diminishing reserves of clean, fresh water, those that we do have are being claimed by private corporations who have every intent to charge us for what we once dipped from our own wells—and they’re being aided in this by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Her main focus is on the increasing privatization of water supplies and the mindset that views it as a commodity to be profited from rather than a basic need to be shared. With precise reporting and a wealth of cited sources, Piper has written an incredibly necessary book. Read it now, before we’re all forced to buy our water from Nestlé—or go thirsty.
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