Stockholm International Water Institute » book review http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Water and Energy: Threats and Opportunities http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-energy-threats-and-opportunities/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-energy-threats-and-opportunities/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:58:02 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-energy-threats-and-opportunities/ Stockholm Water Front No.3 2012 article

In this book review, Mr Andreas Lindström looks into the book “Water and Energy: Threats and Opportunities” by Prof Gustaf Olsson. The linkages between water and energy has quickly risen to the forefront of international attention as emerging limitations to both adequate water supplies and conventional energy sources are becoming more evident. This book can be considered one milestone in mapping this not yet well explored relationship.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-and-energy-threats-and-opportunities/feed/ 0 “Virtual Water: Tackling the Threat to Our Planet’s Most Precious Resource” by Tony Allan http://www.siwi.org/publication/virtual-water-tackling-the-threat-to-our-planet%c2%92s-most-precious-resource-by-tony-allan/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/virtual-water-tackling-the-threat-to-our-planet%c2%92s-most-precious-resource-by-tony-allan/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:51:53 +0000 Nora http://www.siwi.org/publication/virtual-water-tackling-the-threat-to-our-planet%c2%92s-most-precious-resource-by-tony-allan/ This is a small book with a huge story. It is a book of a simple language in which complex and important thoughts are made clear. It is a very serious book which uses both wit and humour throughout. It is above all a book drawn from research and scientific discovery – and yet the insights are always accessible, intelligible and except for the lively annexes, largely devoid of graphs and formulas. Tony Allan makes water issues understandable: “Think of one cubic metre of water as three bathtubs.

Article from the Stockholm Water Front, issue no 4, 2011.

 

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