[PDF] Reclaiming Public Water eBook

Author : Mary Ann Manahan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,84 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Right to water
ISBN :

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"This collection of 19 new essays written by civil society activists, trade unionists and other water practitioners, presents examples of ongoing struggles against water privatization and commercialization as well as inspiring examples of people-centered public water management from across Asia. We hope this compilation will not only be a source of inspiration for those struggling for water for all in communities all over the continent, but also that it will contribute to strengthening the discussion about the ways forward for public water delivery in Asia. The papers show that the ideology-driven privatization wave has now also reached Asian countries where public water delivery has been very successful. Examples include like Malaysia, Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, where public utilities have largely achieved water for all. But despite universal coverage, high quality drinking water and sanitation, very low leakage levels and many other indicators of successful public services, the governments of Hong Kong, Korea and Japan are planning to boost the role of the private sector. In Malaysia, this process has already resulted in widespread privatization and predictable problems (such as tariffs hiking impacting the affordability of water for the poorest) resulting from this"-- Introduction.

Author : Maude Barlow
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 13,9 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1773054279

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“Maude Barlow is one of our planet’s greatest water defenders.” — Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; and that single-use plastic water bottles will not be available in public spaces. With its simple, straightforward approach, the movement has been growing around the world for a decade. Today, Paris, Berlin, Bern, and Montreal are just a few of the cities that have made themselves Blue Communities. In Whose Water Is It, Anyway?, renowned water justice activist Maude Barlow recounts her own education in water issues as she and her fellow grassroots water warriors woke up to the immense pressures facing water in a warming world. Concluding with a step-by-step guide to making your own community blue, Maude Barlow’s latest book is a heartening example of how ordinary people can effect enormous change.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 27,1 MB
Release : 1996-02-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309175623

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This book reviews the practice of reclaiming treated municipal wastewater for agricultural irrigation and using sewage sludge as a soil amendment and fertilizer in the United States. It describes and evaluates treatment technologies and practices; effects on soils, crop production, and ground water; public health concerns from pathogens and toxic chemicals; existing regulations and guidelines; and some of the economic, liability, and institutional issues. The recommendations and findings are aimed at authorities at the federal, state, and local levels, public utilities, and the food processing industry.

Author : Christa Reicher
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 28,85 MB
Release : 2018-07
Category :
ISBN : 3643910207

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The challenges rapid urbanisation encompasses are manifold, so are the efforts addressing sustainable and inclusive development frameworks. "Reclaiming Public Space through Intercultural Dialogue" is an intercultural and interdisciplinary initiative, which focuses on how social and spatial segregation can be overcome in metropolitan areas. Through joint research and teaching activities in the cities of Dortmund and Amman, three comprehensive topics emerged: urban transformation and the role of public space; social and cultural dimensions of cities; and nature-based planning approaches. The book compiles contributions to these topics from researchers, practitioners, and students, which were presented in an international conference held at the German Jordanian University in Madaba, Jordan, in November 2017.

Author : Scott Turner
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 10,35 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Droughts
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The greater Los Angeles urban area is home to nearly 19 million people, but has local water resources that can only support a population of approximately one million. Los Angeles has always depended upon a large proportion of imported water, but severe droughts within the last three years have resulted in water shortages that have critical implications for the future of the city. In addition to these water supply issues, this thesis examines larger questions of scarcity, inequity and social justice that manifest themselves in the urban fabric of Los Angeles, a city that has the least amount of parks and public spaces of any major city in North America and has been rife with inequality, racism, poverty and crime. The term 'metabolic rift', refers to the division between humanity and nature, and the resultant ecological crises wrought by industrial capitalism. This concept can be expanded to include all manner of socio-ecological crises produced by processes of neoliberal global capitalism. The metabolic rift is a space of exclusion and subjugation, degradation and precarity, scarcity and toxicity-an expanding territory of perpetual crisis. In examining the evolution of the urban development of Los Angeles in the context of the production of metabolic rifts and increasingly critical water scarcity, this thesis correlates the production of a capital-driven urban fabric and the expanding network of hydrological infrastructures. In this, issues of sustainability, environmental and social justice, as well as critiques of late capitalism and nature-culture discourses are interrogated. To address issues of water scarcity, this thesis proposes a strategy of tapping into the storm water sewer network of Los Angeles, channelling this water, regarded as a waste product and a hazard, and transforming it into a resource. This water will be reclaimed through a network of constructed wetlands that perform a hybrid function as storm water management and water treatment infrastructure, as well as parks and public spaces. This design proposal also includes a mixed use development in Compton that incorporates housing, community programs and a constructed wetlands park. The ambition is propose a model that can be a robust and sustainable approach to water conservation and management, as well as a space of inclusion-a productive commons outside the territory of capitalism.

Author : Sherry Turkle
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 17,97 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1594205558

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An engaging look at how technology is undermining our creativity and relationships and how face-to-face conversation can help us get it back.

Author : Richard C. Carter
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2021-05-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781788531665

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Richard Carter weaves together the myriad of factors that need to come together to make rural water supply truly available to everyone. He concludes that ultimately, systemic change to the global web of injustice that divides this world into rich and poor may be the only way to address the underlying problem.

Author : Gary Chamberlain
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780742552456

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Water--although it covers more than two-thirds of the earth's surface, clean, potable water is in critically short supply. As more and more people globally show greater interest in what their religious traditions say about our natural world, Troubled Waters: Religion, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis examines the central role of water in various traditions and rituals, arriving at creative new ways to approach the growing water crisis worldwide. Chamberlain outlines many of the current water problems and lays out clear principles for action that engaged citizens from various traditions can undertake to meet the growing water challenges through conservation and water management policies. The book describes many religious practices from around the world that help sustain and restore water by using new technologies and reviving old ones. Offering creative suggestions for both personal practices and group action, Chamberlain advocates conservation, preservation, and restoration of our troubled waters.