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When the Rivers Run Dry

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

When the Rivers Run Dry

By Fred Pearce

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About the book

FULLY UPDATED FOR 2019We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the planet is drying up. In When the Rivers Run Dry, Fred Pearce explores the growing world water crisis, from Kent to Kenya. His powerful reportage takes us to places where waterways are turning to sand before they reach the ocean; where fields are parched and crops no longer grow; where once fertile ground has turned to desert; where wars are fought over acce...Show more

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9781846276484

Publisher

Granta Books

Published year

2019

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1

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When the Rivers Run Dry

Format

Paperback

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