Nourished by fears of global warming and climate change, water has become an issue of international concern. In "Journey in the Future of Water" leading water expert, TerjeTvedt, travels to 25 countries and all continents to find out more about the ways in which different nations are seeking to respond. From Project Moses, where gigantic underwater gates will rise to prevent the inundation of Venice, to India's River Link Plan, connecting 37 Himalayan rivers to major rivers in the south, the author examines the world's largest engineering projects, travels the great river valleys, visits 'the largest ocean under the Earth', and major cities of the world, to explore water's determining role in the life of the planet. The most comprehensive and accessible account of global water issues to date.

Terje Tvedt is Professor of Geography at the University of Bergen and has been Professor of Political Science and of Global History at the University of Oslo, Norway. He has published extensively on water-related topics. His books include The River Nile in the Age of the British (2004), A Journey in the Future of Water (2013), and he is the Series Editor of the pioneering History of Water series. He has also made three award-winning TV-documentaries on water: A Journey in the History of Water, The Future of Water and The Nile Quest.

Preface : A Journey in Water
PART I: THE NEW UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WATER
1. To the rivers in heaven and the centre of the world
2. A pump tour in the Netherlands

3. The icy barrens that became the world's 'hot spot'

4. The city that refuses to drown
5. The Aztecs' 'land on water' and the Mayans' subterranean water world

PART II: IN THE TIME OF THE WATER LORDS
6. South Africa's brief 'water war'
7. A water festival in Spain
8. To the Nile
9. Where the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet
10. Dams and baptisms in Ethiopia
11. On the Scandinavian rain coast
12. Dethroning the powers of the monsoon
13. Flood plain
14. To the Himalayas and the 'war in heaven'
15. Where the most sacred river is toxic
16. The dark horse at the roof of the world
17. "Cool" water - Paris and Lourdes
PART III: A NEW WATER AGE
18. Walking on water in California
19. In the Sahara - a new man-made Nile Valley
20. History's grandest engineering project in China

21. Turn Those Siberian Rivers Around Now!
22. To the subterranean 'great lake' in the ancient land of the
Indians
23. An island of the sagas enters the age of water
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index