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Cover photographs · attribution
  1. Top leftWater well in Thar Desert, India” by Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
  2. Top rightAerial view of Itaipu Dam” by International Hydropower Association (IHA) · CC BY 2.0
  3. Bottom leftNoDAPL Drums” by John Duffy · CC BY 2.0
  4. Bottom rightSantal Girls Floating Lighted Diyas on Water as a Traditional Ritual” by Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY 4.0

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  • A practice-oriented reference that does not presuppose any specific background knowledge.
  • 54 chapters across 9 sections, contributed by over 80 practitioners and scholars.
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