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The Conversation on Water
From the contributors to The Conversation, a compelling essay collection on the world's water crises and the necessary steps to build a more sustainable and equitable water future for all.
Water-related crises are affecting more and more communities, both in the United States and internationally. If we continue to delay upgrading our infrastructure and addressing rising environmental concerns, we risk further destabilizing already strained systems—or, worse, causing a catastrophic collapse. In The Conversation on Water, water scholar and professor Andrea K. Gerlak collects essays from The Conversation U.S. on critical issues related to water from leading experts in everything from public policy to environmental engineering.
Gerlak pays special attention to the threats facing our water systems today—covering insufficient infrastructure, climate change, and pollution—and integrates them with essays on technologies for harvesting water and Indigenous knowledge in governing the oceans. She then proposes solutions that present opportunities for hope and reform. From new partnerships and collaborative efforts to alternative governance practices and new scientific tools and community approaches, readers will learn about viable pathways forward and will understand the deep social and political dimensions of water governance. Understanding these challenges is the first step toward building a more sustainable and equitable water future for all.
The Critical Conversations series collects essays from top scholars on timely topics, including water, biotechnology, gender diversity, gun culture, and more, originally published on the independent news site The Conversation U.S.
Contributors: Roger Bales, Kevin Befus, Robert Blasiak, Ellen Bruno, Bethany Caruso, Sebastien Chastin, Craig E. Colten, Joseph Cook, Michelle DiBenedetto, Farshid Felfelani, Gabriel Filippelli, Michail Georgiou, Burke Griggs, Gary Griggs, Drew Gronewold, Marissa Grunes, Danielle Hare, Brian Haus, Dan Johnson, Carol Kwiatkowski, Rosalyn R. LaPier, Katharine Mach, Amahia Mallea, Daniel McCool, Jacob Miller-Klugesherz, Nobuhito Mori, Thomas Mortlock, Suzanne O'Connell, Itxaso Odériz, Joseph D. Ortiz, Meg Parsons, Raquel Partelli-Feltrin, Yadu Pokhrel, Manzoor Qadir, Julie Reimer, Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, Richard Rood, Asher Rosinger, Matthew R. Sanderson, Heidi Schweizer, Alan Seltzer, A. R. Siders, Rodolfo Silva-Casarín, Vladimir Smakhtin, Bruce Sutherland, Lara Taylor, Emily Ury, Ton Van den Bremer, Andrew J. Whelton
About the Author
Andrea K. Gerlak (TUCSON, AZ) is the director of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and a professor in the School of Geography, Development & Environment at the University of Arizona. She is a coeditor of Agency in Earth System Governance and Mapping the New World Order. Gerlak has more than two decades of experience leading university-community environmental partnerships and consulting with international and national organizations on water policy and governance.
Endorsements
"The Conversation on Water addresses challenges to global water management now and into the foreseeable future. Essays encompass a range of global quality and supply problems, including pollution and contamination risks, affordability, climate change, health, and the ocean environment. The scholarship is excellent, original, and very timely."
"Water issues can be overwhelming. Fortunately, the scholars whose work is featured in this book are trustworthy guides, identifying and explaining important topics that public officials and citizens ought to understand. Their research shows not just where we've been but also where we might be headed."
"Andrea Gerlak is an authority on all things water-related, and The Conversation is a wonderful resource on current policy debates. This is an invaluable collection, organized around critical challenges from public health and climate change to social justice and cultural values. We desperately need a new conversation on water, and this book will help readers be part of the dialogue."
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Other Titles by Andrea K. Gerlak
Collaborative Governance Regimes
Other Titles from Critical Conversations
The Conversation on Biotechnology
The Conversation on Gender Diversity
Other Titles in SCIENCE / Environmental Science
Fatal Jump
Keeping the World's Environment under Review
After the Flood
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Universities on Fire
Fatal Jump
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