Water capitalism : the case for privatizing oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Block, Walter, 1941
Group Author: Nelson, Peter L. Peter Lothian, 1946
Published: Lexington Books,
Publisher Address: Lanham, Maryland :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: 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.