ISBN:
9780520306615
,
9780520306622
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xix, 358 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Jaffee, Daniel, 1965- Unbottled
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Jaffee, Daniel, 1965 - Unbottled
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Jaffee, Daniel, 1965 - Unbottled
DDC:
338.4766361
Schlagwort(e):
Bottled water
;
Bottled water Environmental aspects
;
Water security 21st century
;
Social movements Case studies 21st century
Kurzfassung:
"In just four decades, bottled water has transformed from a luxury niche item into a ubiquitous consumer product, representing a $300 billion market dominated by global corporations. It sits at the convergence of a mounting ecological crisis of single-use plastic waste and climate change, a social crisis of drinking water affordability, and a struggle over the fate of public water systems. Unbottled examines the vibrant movements that have emerged to question the need for bottled water and challenge its growth in North America and worldwide. Drawing on extensive interviews with activists, residents, public officials, and other participants in controversies ranging from bottled water's role in unsafe tap water crises to groundwater extraction for bottling in rural communities, Daniel Jaffee asks what this commodity's meteoric growth means for social inequality, sustainability, and the human right to water. Unbottled profiles campaigns to reclaim the tap, and addresses the challenges of ending dependence on packaged water in places where safe water is not widely accessible. Clear and compelling, it assesses the prospects for the movements fighting plastic water and working to ensure water justice for all"--
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction -- A more perfect commodity -- Making a market, fearing the tap, building a backlash -- Flint : corroding pipes, eroding trust -- Reclaiming the tap -- Cascade Locks : A decade-long struggle -- Guelph and Elora : watching water, broadening the movement -- Empty bottles : water justice and the right to drink -- Conclusion.
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 305-330
Permalink
