Cheryl Colopy

Gebundenes Buch

Dirty, Sacred Rivers

Confronting South Asia's Water Crisis

Beschreibung

Dirty, Sacred Rivers explores South Asia's increasingly urgent water crisis, taking readers on a journey through North India, Nepal and Bangladesh, from the Himalaya to the Bay of Bengal. The book shows how rivers, traditionally revered by the people of the Indian subcontinent, have in recent decades deteriorated dramatically due to economic progress and gross mismanagement. Dams and ill-advised embankments strangle the Ganges and its sacred tributaries. Rivers have become sewage channels for a burgeoning population.

Autor

Cheryl Colopy researched and wrote Dirty, Sacred Rivers during seven years of travel and residence in South Asia. After completing a Ph.D. in medieval English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, and teaching in universities, she moved on to become an award-winning reporter at National Public Radio affiliate KQED in San Francisco, specializing in the environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 863g
• ISBN-13: 9780199845019
• ISBN-10: 0199845018
• Artikelnr.: 35331174