PEAK WATER: CIVILISATION AND THE WORLD’S WATER CRISIS

Book ID/图书代码： 08143010B36353

English Summary/英文概要： Water is the source of life and the building block of all civilisation. The control of water has shaped politics, health, population growth, city planning, technology and religion. Controlling water has driven progress, through the growth of intensive farming and industrial revolution. It has also become a symbol of our civilisation evidence that we have mastered nature.From the hanging gardens of Babylon and the ancient myth of the Nile to the fountains in Las Vegas, water is the one constant. We are fed by irrigated fields, live in plumbed cities, and turn on a tap without a moment s thought. Yet, this simple technology that underpins everything is at bursting point. There are too many people for the available water, and war may follow. How did we get here, and what can we do about it?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 我們賴以生存的「水」，其實與世界文明存亡息息相關！

水是生命之源，文明的奠基石。水的掌控成為了政治、健康、人口增長、城市規劃、技術和宗教的成形。
水的控制通過農業和工業的改革取得了進展，成為我們駕馭自然的文明證據。從巴比倫空中花園到尼羅河、尼羅河古老之謎再到拉斯維加斯噴泉，水始終如一。我們依賴於灌溉的肥田，住在高樓滿地的城市，打開水龍頭的時候毫不考慮。然而，這項鞏固作用的技術才剛起航。還有許多人可能為水而戰。我們怎樣才能平衡之，我們能做什麼？(XJJ & SL)

Awards/获奖情况：What makes Peak Water interesting is the way it weaves such laconic personal predictions with a wealth of history, anecdote and analysis, all focussing on the vital role of water in the rise and fall of civilisations. Here, alongside Bell s obvious delight in building sandcastles and digging moats at the seaside, are lucid accounts of the ancient cities of Mesopotamia and the Andes. ---The Scottish Review of Books (本書有趣的地方在於加入了簡潔明瞭的個人預言以及豐富的歷史、軼事和分析，集中講了水在文明中的起伏。貝爾很喜歡堆沙堡，在海邊挖壕溝，所以描寫古代的美索不達米亞和安第斯山脈來得心應手。---蘇格蘭書評)

Covering the history, social and religious conflict over water, Peak Water: Civilisation and the World’s Water Crisis is the first title to exclusively discuss the world’s next global disaster. As Bell says: ’This is a worldwide concern. We all have a part to play’. ---Edinburgh Evening News- October 2009 (本書透過水，講述了歷史、社會和宗教矛盾，是第一本如此專門的一部描寫全球下個危機的災難。就像貝爾說的，“這是全球關注的事。我們都有不可推卸的責任。”---2009.10 愛丁堡晚報)

While sea levels rise, the wells run dry, our human future draining steadily away. That’s Bell’s claim in this arrestingly urgent essay... an eloquent and alarmingly persuasive book. ---The Scotsman (當海平面上升，井水乾涸，人類未來岌岌可危。這是貝爾的憂慮，一部很有說服力的書籍。 ---蘇格蘭人)

About the Author/作者介绍： 亞歷山大•貝爾（Alexander Bell）是BBC文字記者、觀察家（The Observer）以及先驅者（the Herald）的記者。
他從世界各地和英國采風，他書寫矛盾和主要大事。某一段時間，他開始思索，歲月最偉大的故事是人如何生存在這個星球上的。他開始對水的影響力著迷。他寫這本書就是想要跟人分享這種趣味，想要擴大人們對這一話題的關注。他和女兒住在愛丁堡。

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