- Format
- Inbunden (Hardback)
- Språk
- Engelska
- Antal sidor
- 416
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2012-10-18
- Utmärkelser
- Commended for PROSE (Earth Science) 2012
- Förlag
- OUP USA
- Illustrationer
- 30b&w
- Dimensioner
- 236 x 155 x 28 mm
- Vikt
- Antal komponenter
- 1
- Komponenter
- 472:B&W 6.14 x 9.21in or 234 x 156mm (Royal 8vo) Case Laminate on Creme w/Matte Lam
- ISBN
- 9780199845019
- 726 g
Dirty, Sacred Rivers
Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis
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Publisher's Weekly Colopy offers a whirlwind tour both beautiful and troubling.... she interacts as a Westerner in the South Asian world with grace, and shares what she has learned with thoughtful clarity.
Övrig information
<br>Cheryl Colopy researched and wrote Dirty, Sacred Rivers during seven years of travel and residence in South Asia. With the help of a Fulbright fellowship she undertook her exploration of the looming catastrophes in the Ganges river basin. She is an award-winning reporter, formerly with National Public Radio affiliate KQED in San Francisco.<br>
Innehållsförteckning
INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: DIRTY, SACRED RIVERS; CHAPTER 2: THE REAL POOP: HOW RIVERS BECOME SEWERS; CHAPTER 3: DELHI'S YAMUNA; CHAPTER 4: MELTING ICE RIVERS; CHAPTER 5: THE SHRINKING THIRD POLE; CHAPTER 6: IN THE VALLEY OF DHUNGE DHARA; CHAPTER 7: MELAMCHI RIVER BLUES; CHAPTER 8: MORE RIVER BLUES; CHAPTER 9: BELJI OF DHULIKHEL; CHAPTER 10: THE SORROWS OF BIHAR; CHAPTER 11: THE KOSHI'S REVENGE; CHAPTER 12: THE ENGINEERS; CHAPTER 13: THE GARLAND; CHAPTER 14: SUSU; CHAPTER 15: BEYOND BARRAGES AND BOUNDARIES; CHAPTER 16: POISONED BLESSINGS; CHAPTER 17: WHERE THE RIVERS END
