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Author:   Daanish Mustafa (King's College London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.554kg
ISBN:  

9781848855366

ISBN 10:   1848855362
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   12 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Contents List of illustrations Introduction: hydro-hazardscapes of modernity 2. Hydro-politics at the basin scale: the Indus 3. Critical legal geographies in hydro-hazardscapes 4. Local hydro-hazardscapes in the rural canal colonies of Pakistan 5. Modernity and vulnerability in a Pakistani urban hazardscape 6. Resilience versus growth as groundwater development objectives in the arid realm 7. Globalization and water privatization in Belize 8. Thou shall not optimize or share: a critical view of the prior appropriations doctrine in the American west 9. Conclusion: mapping the contours of hydro-hazardscapes in a climate change future Notes References Index

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Daanish Mustaffa is Reader in Human Geography at King's College, London. He was previously Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography at George Mason University and Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of South Florida, St Petersburg. He has worked in Pakistan for the non-profit sector on donor-funded social development and environmental preservation projects. His research interests include critical water resources geography, environmental management, and approaches to terrorism.

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