Gardening the World Agency, Identity and the Ownership of Water

"Veronica Strang draws a compelling fluidscape in masterly strokes to show that water belongs in its totality to a context, within a geographical area. She reminds the readers convincingly that water is an integral part of ecological order and describes how cultural values abstract this invaluable and finite natural resource. The meanings of water flow through and across sectoral boundaries to reveal sharp tensions between different uses of it. This book is a must-read for anyone wanting to know about water." * Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Fellow, Resource Management in Asia Pacific Program Research, The Australian National University "...addresses an extremely important topic in an interesting way...a valuable contribution to the debate about water as a material and symbolic resource." * Kay Milton, Queen's University Belfast "This richly developed, well-argued work is an essential read for environmental scholars, students, and practitioners." * Barbara Rose Johnston, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Political Ecology