Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration
Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration

Author: Jeremy Plant

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2007-02-22

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 1420017020

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In the past few decades, the field of transportation has changed dramatically. Deregulation and greater reliance on markets and the private sector has helped to reconfigure the transport industries, while the rise of intermodal goods and global commerce has produced efficiencies of operation and a greater interdependence among transport modes. In a

The State of the World's Water
The State of the World's Water

Author: Maggie Black

Publisher: New Internationalist

Published: 2016-11-08

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1780263759

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Completely updated, the new edition of this groundbreaking atlas maps the competing claims on limited water supplies – made by farmers, industrialists and householders – and investigates the uses and abuses of the resource, as well as the vexed question of how it can be equitably managed.

The Atlas of Water
The Atlas of Water

Author: Maggie Black

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2016-09

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 0520292030

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"Water may soon be one of our most valuable commodities. The growing demands made on a finite resource by an increasing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and western diets, coupled with a changing and less predictable climate, are putting pressure on the planet's freshwater supply as never before. By 2025, four billion people may be living in conditions of water stress. And even where water is plentiful, the poor are unlikely to have ready access to a safe, cheap supply. The new edition of this timely atlas analyzes the latest thinking and emerging issues. Completely updated, it maps the competing claims on limited water resources--made by farmers, industrialists, and householders--and investigates the nature of the resource, its uses and abuses, as well as the vexed question of how it can be managed equitably"-- Page 4 of the cover.