We have to deal with real things-real dams, real rivers, real demands, real crises. They have no responsibility to manage real resources. the Reverend Mother Darwi Odrade Why repeat mistakes when there are so many new ones to make? -Descartes Frankly, most of the academic studies are irrelevant to practical decision-making. To the memory of JOHANNES JACOBUS DE VILLIERS, who farmed in a hard land and knew water’s true value Water resources development-Political aspects. Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: Toronto : Stoddart, 1999. Water: the fate of our most precious resource / Marq de Villiers p. The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows: De Villiers, Marq. Limited For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016. Solutions and Manifestos Back Matter Bibliography About the Author Connect with HMHįirst Mariner Books edition 2001 Copyright © 2000 by Jacobus Communications Corporation ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDįirst published in Canada in 1999 by Stoddart Publishing Co. Contents Title Page Contents Copyright Dedication Epigraph Acknowledgments Preface Part I 1.

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