Water, Conflict, and Peace
We live on a water planet. As the writer Arthur C. Clark noted, if we didn’t happen to be land-dwelling creatures, we would call our planet Ocean, rather than Earth. And for humans, fresh water is critical for life, health, our economies, and vibrant ecosystems. The vast majority of water on the pla...
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| description | We live on a water planet. As the writer Arthur C. Clark noted, if we didn’t happen to be land-dwelling creatures, we would call our planet Ocean, rather than Earth. And for humans, fresh water is critical for life, health, our economies, and vibrant ecosystems. The vast majority of water on the planet—more than 97 percent—is salt water, in our oceans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c3433047a4b4a7d9105abbe6e06509e2022-12-22T00:36:33ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingOpen Rivers2471-190X2018-07-01Issue Eleven : Summer 2018https://doi.org/10.24926/2471190X.4697Water, Conflict, and PeacePeter GleickWe live on a water planet. As the writer Arthur C. Clark noted, if we didn’t happen to be land-dwelling creatures, we would call our planet Ocean, rather than Earth. And for humans, fresh water is critical for life, health, our economies, and vibrant ecosystems. The vast majority of water on the planet—more than 97 percent—is salt water, in our oceans. https://openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/water-conflict-and-peace/ environmental justiceinternational developmentplanning / policypolicy international |
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