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Titre : |
Pipe Dreams : The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
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Auteur(s) : | Chelsea Wald, Auteur (et co-auteur) |
Type de document : | Livre |
Sujets : | Appareils sanitaires ; Risques pour la santé ; Accès à l'eau ; Innovations ; Justice sociale |
Résumé : |
Résumé de l'éditeur : "Most of us do not give much thought to the centerpiece of our bathrooms, but the toilet is an unexpected paradox. On the one hand, it is a modern miracle: a ubiquitous fixture in a vast sanitation system that has helped add decades to the human life span by reducing disease. On the other hand, the toilet is also a tragic failure: less than half of the world’s population can access a toilet that safely manages body waste, including many right here in the United States. And it is inefficient, squandering clean water as well as the nutrients, energy, and information contained in the stuff we flush away. While we see radical technological change in almost every other aspect of our lives, we remain stuck in a sanitation status quo—in part because the topic of toilets[...]
Résumé de l'éditeur : "Most of us do not give much thought to the centerpiece of our bathrooms, but the toilet is an unexpected paradox. On the one hand, it is a modern miracle: a ubiquitous fixture in a vast sanitation system that has helped add decades to the human life span by reducing disease. On the other hand, the toilet is also a tragic failure: less than half of the world’s population can access a toilet that safely manages body waste, including many right here in the United States. And it is inefficient, squandering clean water as well as the nutrients, energy, and information contained in the stuff we flush away. While we see radical technological change in almost every other aspect of our lives, we remain stuck in a sanitation status quo—in part because the topic of toilets is taboo.
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Editeur(s) : | New York : Avid Reader Press |
Date de publication : | 2021 |
Format : | 1 vol. (282 p.) / 24 cm |
Langue(s) : | Anglais |
Identifiant : | 978-1-982116-21-7 |
Lien vers la notice : | https://infodoc.agroparistech.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=207994 |
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Localisation | Emplacement | Pôle | Section | Cote | Support | Disponibilité |
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Montpellier | Bibliothèque | Gestion de l'eau | 352 WAL | Papier | Empruntable Disponible |