| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Capitalist thought: studies in philosophy, politics, and economics |
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Capitalist thought: studies in philosophy, politics, and economics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Water-supply.
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Water rights.
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Privatization.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, Peter L. (Peter Lothian), 1946- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Block, Walter. Water capitalism : the case for privatizing oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015] Capitalist thought: studies in philosophy, politics, and economics (DNAL)1328187 |
| ISBN |
9781498518802 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781498518819 (electronic bk.) |
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