Waters of discord
Description
Almost half the world gets its drinking water from rivers that cross national boundaries. Analysts predict that more wars will be fought over water than oil. This program surveys a number of active or potential hot spots: Israel and the river Jordan; the Southeastern Anatolia Project in Turkey and its effects on Syria and Iraq; Egypt's Toshka Canal and the Nile Basin Initiative; and the Tehri dam in India. The program also looks at the effects of the Hoover dam on the Colorado River delta in Mexico and the success of Lesotho's Katse dam. Vandana Shiva, author of Water Wars, discusses many of these situations.
Runtime
27 min
Series
Subjects
- Human geography (324)
- Political geography (64)
- Conservation of natural resources (540)
- Environmental protection (361)
- Water (318)
- Geopolitics (27)
- Land use (186)
- World politics (2067)
- Geomorphology (43)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2003
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