The Pacific Institute has just announced the publication of Volume 7 of The World's Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. It is authored by Peter H. Gleick and his PacInst colleagues. Shipping date is about 1 December 2011.
Here is the blurb from the book's WWW site:
Produced biennially, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-to date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources. Each new volume examines critical global trends and offers the best data available on a variety of topics related to water.
Volume 7 features chapters on U.S. water policy, transboundary waters, and the effects of fossil fuel production on water resources, among other timely issues. Water briefs provide concise updates on topics including bottled water, The Great Lakes Water Agreement, and water and security.
The World's Water is coauthored by MacArthur "genius" Peter H. Gleick and his colleagues at the world-renowned Pacific Institute. Since the first volume was published in 1998, the series has become an indispensable resource for professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.
You can also view the Table of Contents at the site.
Price? A steal at $35 for the paper copy. I found it a few dollars cheaper with free shipping at Amazon, and they said the shipping date was 21 October 2011.
These books are wonderful source books and make excellent texts or supplemental readings. I will use the new volume in several of my courses.
Enjoy it - you really will.
"My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Fortunately, everybody drinks water." - Mark Twain
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