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1. Mylius, Andrew (2000) “Keeping the Peace” New Civil Engineer, 20th April 2000, pp 14-15

2. Postel, Sandra (1992) “The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity” Earthscan, London, p27

3. Volumes taken from: Gleick, Peter (2001) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, p21 Table 2.1:major stocks of water on Earth.

4. Improving Engineering Education Camridge http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/impee/?section=topics&topic=water&page=slideshow Accessed on 3^rd March

5. Source: Gleick, Peter (2001) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, p22

6. Atmospheric water volume taken from Ball, Philip (1999) “H2O: A Biography of Water” Pheonix/Orion, London.

7. Annual freshwater resources data taken from Gleick, Peter (2003) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, pp239-242, Table 1: Total Renewable Freshwater Supply, by Country (2002 Update

8. Annual freshwater withdrawals data taken from Gleick, Peter (2003) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, pp245-251, Table 2: Freshwater Withdrawals, by Country and Sector (2002 Update)

9.Countries arranged in descending order of Human Development Index rank as taken from United Nations Development Programme (2005) “The Human Development Report – International Cooperation at a Crossroads: Aid, trade and security in an unequal world” Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York

10. Population data from World Bank (2003) “World Development Indicators 2003” The World Bank, Washington, 2002 figures

11. Definitions of limits of water stress from Gleick, Peter (2003) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, p99, Table 4.2: Water Stress

12. Sphere Project (2000) “Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response” Oxfam Publishing, p30, available at http://www.sphereproject.org

13. ‘Environmental Science - Earth as a Living Planet’, Daniel B Botkin and Edward A Keller. pub. John Wiley & Sons 2005

14. Annual freshwater resources data taken from Gleick, Peter (2003) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, (2002 Update)

15. McDonald, Bernadette & Douglas, Jehl (eds.) (2003) “Whose Water Is It?: The unquenchable thirst of a water hungry world” National Geographic Society, Washington, pp199-211

16. Postel, Sandra (1992) “The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity” Earthscan, London, pp45-7

17. Houghton, John (1997) “Global Warming: The Complete Briefing” Cambridge University Press, p.117

18. Postel, Sandra (1992) "The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity", Earthscan, London.

19. Houghton, John (1997) “Global Warming: The Complete Briefing” Cambridge University Press

20. Gleick, Peter (2003) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, pp245-251, Table 2: Freshwater Withdrawals, by Country and Sector (2002 Update)

21. Countries arranged in descending order of Human Development Index rank as taken from United Nations Development Programme. United Nations Development Programme (2005) “The Human Development Report – International Co-operation at a Crossroads: Aid, trade and security in an unequal world” Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York

22. Open University (1995) “S268: Physical Resources and Environment” Block 3, pp6

23. Figures for meat - pork and chicken: Brown, Lester & Halweil, Brian (1998) “China’s Water Shortage Could Shake World Food Security” World Watch, July/August 1998, pp10-21

24. Open University (1995) “Physical Resources and Environment” Block 3, pp6

25. Environment Agency 2001 “Conserving water in Buildings (September 2001)” Water Resources available at The Environment Agency Website

26. Thames Water (2001) “Environment and Conservation Review 2001” pg 4.

27. Marshall, Lord (1998) “Economic Instruments and the Business Use of Energy” HM Treasury, November 1998

28. Carson, Rachel (1962) “Silent Spring” Penguin, London

29. Definitions from: Gleick, Peter (2001) “The World’s Water: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources” Island Press, pp182-3

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