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Precious Commodity: Providing Water for America’s Cities
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011 eISBN: 978-0-8229-7776-6 | Paper: 978-0-8229-6141-3 Library of Congress Classification TD223.M44 2011 Dewey Decimal Classification 363.610973
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
As an essential resource, water has been the object of warfare, political wrangling, and individual and corporate abuse. It has also become an object of commodification, with multinational corporations vying for water supply contracts in many countries. In Precious Commodity, Martin V. Melosi examines water resources in the United States and addresses whether access to water is an inalienable right of citizens, and if government is responsible for its distribution as a public good. See other books on: Cities and towns | Melosi, Martin V. | Urbanization | Water use | Water-supply See other titles from University of Pittsburgh Press |
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