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Chapter 3 discusses water use in the "Modern Era" and Chapter 4 examines the evolution of water governance and management. In I The Water Paradox i , Edward Barbier investigates an enduring puzzle: "If water is valuable and scarce, why is it so poorly managed?". [Extracted from the article]

Environmental challenges in the MENA region:the long road from conflict to cooperation: edited by Hamid Pouran and Hassan Hakimian, Gingko, 2019, 320 pp., £50, $65 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-909942-21-9, eISBN 978-1-909942-22-6-9 'Despite the relatively small contribution of MENA countries to global warming, they are among the countries that would be most affected by climate change. In regard to renewable energy, the Persian Gulf region and the wider MENA are recognised to have incomparable climatic and geographical advantages for various renewables, including geothermal, wind, and solar technologies. [Extracted from the article]

Bieler shows how alliances of social movements, trade unions, development non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and environmental groups have successfully mobilized against privatization efforts. Bieler argues that struggles against water privatization are a part of a larger fight to transform capitalist relations into new ways of being and living. Bieler, Andreas Fighting for Water: Resisting Privatization in Europe, London: Zed, 2021; 222 pp.: ISBN 1786995085, £23.99 Andreas Bieler provides a concise summary and history of the structural dynamics and political economy around water privatization, while also focusing on the agency of social movement resistance to capital's attempts to privatize. [Extracted from the article]

It is aimed primarily at economists who find themselves confronting the complex issues of natural resources and environmental policy for the first time, or for non-economists anxious to understand how economists approach these issues, and the insights gained. Tisdell's 2009 book (of the same name) has been substantially revised and extended. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Humane Response to Water Crisis" edited by D. John Chelladurai.

The article reviews the book "Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis," Jerry Yudelson.

The article reviews the book "Sharing Water: Problems, Conflicts and Possible Solutions-The Case of Kampala," edited by Petter Larsson, Edward K. Kirumira, Andreas L. Steigen and Anne Miyingo-Kezimbira.

The article reviews the book "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It," by Robert Glennon.

The article reviews the book "Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America," by Susan J. Marks.

The article reviews the book "The End of Abundance: Economic Solutions to Water Scarcity," by David Zetland.

The article reviews the book "The Big Thirst," by Charles Fishman.

The article reviews the book "Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America," by Susan J. Marks .

The article reviews the book "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do about It," by Robert Glennon.

The article reviews the book "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It," by Robert Glennon.

In this novel, two White South Africans and a Black American must open themselves to change in a near-future dystopia of chronic water shortages and a corporatocracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The legal clerk-turned-activist sounds the alarm on the global water crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]