Water for Life av A.W. (University of Hong Kong Hong Kong) Jayawardena

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<P>Water is a precious resource essential for all forms of life, and although there is plenty of water to meet the demand for the present population ¿ and even for a projected population of 9 billion ¿ there is significant spatial and temporal variation in its distribution. This results in water rich and water poor countries, water-related conflicts, and unsafe drinking water, a major killer identified by the World Health Organization (WHO). <I>Water for Life: Drinking Water, Health, Food, Energy Nexus</I> covers these issues, highlighting the multi-facted uses and importance of water in life: water resources, chemistry of water, drinking water, and the links between water and health, food, irrigation, soil, energy, transport, industry, recreation, disasters, and conflicts.</P><P></P><P>The book is accessible and clear, with technical elements. It is ideal as a background supplementary text to support more specialist study across civil engineering, geography, and social sciences, and w