Water capitalism : the case for privatizing oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers
Title:
Water capitalism : the case for privatizing oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers
Author:
Block, Walter, 1941- author.
ISBN:
9781498518819
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series:
Capitalist thought: studies in philosophy, politics, and economics
Capitalist thought: studies in philosophy, politics, and economics.
Contents:
Privatize the oceans and all other bodies of water -- Why privatize anything? -- Why privatize bodies of water? -- Aquatic ownership concepts -- The process of privatization homesteading, abandonment -- Existing law governing the seas -- Oceans: concepts of oceanological ownership -- Rivers: concepts of potamological ownership -- Lakes: concepts of limnological ownership -- Aquifers: concepts of hydrogeological ownership -- Mainstream views on ocean management -- Piracy -- Case studies -- Debate: technological viewpoints that inform homesteading, technological units.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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