Globalization, water & health : resource management in times of scarcity

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Author:

Whiteford, Linda M.

ISBN:

9781930618572

9781930618589

9780852559741

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Santa Fe : School of American Research Press ; Oxford : James Currey, 2005.

Physical Description:

x, 322 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

School of American Research advanced seminar series

Series Title:

School of American Research advanced seminar series

Contents:

Paradigm change / Linda Whiteford and Scott Whiteford -- Water reform, gender, and HIV/AIDS: perspectives from Malawi / Anne Ferguson -- Water, vectorborne disease, and gender: schistosomiasis in rural China / Lenore Manderson and Yixin Huang -- Waste not, want not: grounded globalization and global lessons for water use from Lima, Peru / Carl Kendall -- "Whose water is it anyway?" boundary negotiations on the Edwards aquifer in Texas / John Donahue and Irene Klaver --

The commodification of water and the human dimensions of manufactured scarcity / Barbara Rose Johnston -- Water struggles of indigenous North America / Tom Greaves -- Water management reforms, farmer-managed irrigation systems, and food security: The Spanish experience / David Guillet -- The incredible heaviness of water: water policy and water reform in the new millennium in Southern Africa / William Derman -- Good to the last drop: the political ecology of water and health on the border / Scott Whiteford and Alfonso Cortez-Lara.

Abstract:

"This book is about crime and passion, life and death, lofty goals and squalid realities. It is a book about water. Global disparities in health and access to water are two major threats to world stability. As international contracts and corporate agreements divert water from small communities to provide for larger cities, from households to supply agribusiness, conflicts sharpen among local communities, national governments, and international agencies such as the World Bank and the International Development Bank over the basic resources to support human life."

"In this book, leading anthropologists illuminate the global political inequities and resource management techniques that cause children to die and adults to sicken. Drawing on expertise in medical and ecological anthropology, the contributors challenge and deepen our understanding of the management, sale, and conceptualization of water as it affects human health."

"Designed for use by policymakers as well as researchers and students, the essays present complex realities in clear, accessible terms."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Water-supply -- Cross-cultural studies.

Globalization -- Health aspects.

Added Author:

Whiteford, Scott, 1942-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip055/2004030595.html

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This book is about crime and passion, life and death, lofty goals and squalid realities. It is a book about water. Global disparities in health and access to water are two major threats to world stability. As international contracts and corporate agreements divert water from small communities to provide for larger cities, from households to supply agribusiness, conflicts sharpen among local communities, national governments, and international agencies such as the World Bank and the International Development Bank over the basic resources to support human life. In this book, leading anthropologists illuminate the global political inequities and resource management techniques that cause children to die and adults to sicken. Drawing on expertise in medical and ecological anthropology, the contributors challenge and deepen our understanding of the management, sale, and conceptualization of water as it affects human health. Designed for use by policymakers as well as researchers and students, the essays present complex realities in clear, accessible terms.