"Throughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water for both agriculture and individual … consumption, but looming water scarcity threatens to cut global food production and cause conflict and unrest. In this visionary … book, Fred Pearce takes readers around the world on a tour of the world's rivers to provide our most complete portrait yet …

Water, energy and food are key resources to sustain life, and are fundamental to national, regional, and global … has been discussed, debated, researched, and advocated widely but the focus is often on the pairings of "water-energy" or … "water-food" or "energy-food". To really benefit from the nexus approach in terms of resource use efficiency, it is essential …