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by Barbara Rose Johnston, Fabiane Resende Torres Guerra, Sandy Ervin, Linda Damico, Irene Klaver, Vincent Battesti, Farhana Sultana, Alejo Zarzycki, James Webster, jutka bari, Helen Ingram, Kelly Alley, Fenda Akiwumi, Cailín Murray, Rutgerd Boelens, Sylvia Rodriguez, Monti Aguirre, Susan Crate, Thomas F Thornton, and Jeroen Warner
A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse... more
A product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples. It is argued that water is a fundamental human need, a human right, and a core sustaining element in biodiversity and cultural diversity. The core concepts utilized in this book draw upon a larger trend in sustainability science, a recognition of the synergism and analytical potential in utilizing a coupled biological and social systems analysis, as the functioning viability of nature is both sustained and threatened by humans.