Public water policies : the ultimate weapons of social control / Charles R. Porter Jr.

Lanham, Maryland : Bernan Press, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]

ix, 202 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Although water is nature's most important molecule, its regulation and management are the most challenging public policy issues for any society. Water is the common denominator of all life on Earth. Public water policies thus become the fundamental foundations of community formation anywhere. Cities exist in their current locations based on the local water policy, any society is threatened with socioeconomic destruction, especially in the arid areas living under severe drought and the threat of warming trends world wide. [This book]: Provides an interdisciplinary view of water policies world wide; Critically analyzes the consequences of water policies around the world, including many that are not only overlooked but also have never been considered; Analyzes the conflicts in social values of any society that demands hard choices between population growth, economic growth, and the environment; Provides a new perspective on the overall long-reaching economic consequences of water policy; Offers four new terms to describe public water policies in relation to social control: due process social control, deceptive social control, diplomatic social control, and destructive social control; and Compares and contrasts water policies in key places in the world using the new terms of social control to enlighten the pubic and especially water policymakers worldwide. -- Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-189) and index.

Online version: Porter, Charles R., Jr., 1951- author. Public water policies Lanham, Maryland : Bernan Press, 2018

K3496 .P65 2018

English

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