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050		4	_aJA75.8 _b.T37 2018
245	0	0	_aTapping the oceans : _bseawater desalination and the political ecology of water / _cedited by Joe Williams (Department of Geography, Durham University), and Erik Swyngedouw (School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, UK).
264		1	_bEdward Elgar Pub., Inc.,
300			_a1 online resource (208 pages)
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aContents: 1. Mobilising the oceans to quench our thirst / Joe Williams and Erik Swyngedouw -- 2. Wet dreams with a grain of salt: desalination in Spain's water policy / David Saurỉ Santiago Gorostiza and David Pavón -- 3. Water governance and desalination in Baja California Sur, Mexico / Jamie McEvoy -- 4. On the implications of seawater desalination: some insights from the Israeli case / Eran Feitelson -- 5. Disclosing water inequalities at the household level under desalination water provision: the case of Antofagasta, Chile / Maria Christina Fragkou -- 6. Desalination as emergency fix: tracing the drought-desalination assemblage in South Africa / Suraya Scheba and Andreas Scheba -- 7. Worlding via water: desalination, cluster development and the 'stickiness' of commodities / Mark Usher -- 8. Financialising desalination in London: the Thames Desalination Plant (TWDP) / Alex Loftus and Hug March -- 9. Commodifying the Pacific Ocean: desalination and the neoliberalisation of water in Southern California / Joe Williams -- 10. Politicizing the salt of the seas / Erik Swyngedouw and Joe Williams -- Index.
520			_aTapping the Oceans provides a detailed analysis of the political and ecological debates facing water desalination in the twenty-first century. Water supplies for cities around the world are undergoing profound geographical, technological and political transformations. Increasingly, water-stressed cities are looking to the oceans to fix unreliable, contested and over-burdened water supply systems. Yet the use of emerging desalination technologies is accompanied by intense debates on their economic cost, governance, environmental impact and poses wider questions for the sustainable and just provision of urban water. Through a series of cutting-edge case studies and multi-subject approaches, this book explores the perspectives, disputes and politics surrounding water desalination on a broad geographical scale. As the first book of its kind, this unique work will appeal to those researching water and infrastructure issues in the fields of political ecology, geography, environmental science and sustainability. Industry and water managers who wish to understand the political debates around desalination technology more fully will also find this an informative read.
588			_aDescription based on print record.
650		0	_aPolitical ecology.
650		0	_aSaline water conversion.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aWilliams, Joe, _dactive 2018, _eeditor.
700	1		_aSwyngedouw, E. _q(Erik), _eeditor.
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing, _epublisher.
776	1		_z9781788113809 (hardback)
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781788113809/9781788113809.xml
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