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Conflicting Visions for Water: Common Property or Private Good?
| Title: | Conflicting Visions for Water: Common Property or Private Good? |
| Author: | Gleick, Peter |
| Abstract: | Lecture on water; Part of the Sustainability Project-sponsored graduate course "The Commons: History, Sustainability, Activism" |
| Description: | Dr. Peter H. Gleick gave this lecture on water, in general, with a focus on bottled water on Feb. 9, 2012, which was held in the Black Cultural Center and open to the public. Dr. Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. His research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health, the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization and globalization, and international conflicts over water resources. Dr. Gleick is an internationally recognized water expert and was named a MacArthur Fellow in October 2003 for his work. Gleick is the author of many scientific papers and seven books, including the biennial water report, "The World's Water", and the new "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water". |
| LCSH Subject: |
Bottled water industry -- Environmental aspects
Bottled water industry -- Social aspects Bottled water industry -- Moral and ethical aspects Bottled water industry -- Standards Water -- Moral and ethical aspects Water -- Health aspects |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/5158 |
| Date: | 2012-02-09 |
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