"Through case studies, opposing viewpoints, and primary documents, this reference work examines the environmental and sustainability issues regarding water as well as how water is an intrinsic part of human culture. Presents a variety of resources and multidisciplinary perspectives on water in a single book. Offers opposing viewpoints on current world water issues that enable readers to consider these problems from political, cultural, economic,...

"Celebrates the spiritual and traditional role water has played in communities throughout history and warns that water privatization threatens cultures and livelihoods worldwide"--