Water capitalism : the case for privatizing oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers /
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Lexington Books,
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Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Capitalist thought : studies in philosophy, politics, and economics
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-268) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781498518802 (cloth : alkaline paper) : 149851880X (cloth : alkaline paper) 9781498518819 (electronic) 1498518818 (electronic) |
Index Number: | HD1691 |
CLC: | TV213.4 |
Call Number: | TV213.4/B651 |
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. |