Oxford University Press Water, Peace And War - Softcover

Key features one of the few studies of the water crisis from a geo-strategic point of view brings together policy and environmental data to create a framework of non-standard strategic analysis written in a direct and engaging style, suitable for the lay reader as well as the academic about the book: water, peace, and war: confronting the global water crisis this pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, yet it remains the worlds most underappreciated and undervalued resource one sobering fact is that the retail price of bottled water is already higher than the international spot price of crude oil but unlike oil, water has no substitute, raising the specter of water becoming the next flashpoint for conflict water wars-in a political, diplomatic, or economic sense-are already being waged betw