Tony Allan: An Intellectual Journey

This book follows Tony Allan’s journey through the maze of water management and global awareness of the risks of mismanagement, tracing the trajectory of the hydraulic mission from a time of infinite possibilities- fiat panis and piped water- to risk aversion, loss of confidence and political will, and post-water societies.

David Dent graduated from of Durham University. A soil surveyor, he has dug in every continent. Turning to land evaluation, land use planning and the science-policy interface, he has advised national governments, international organisations and multinationals. He is a former Director of ISRIC World Soil Information.

Martin Keulertz is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Food Security to the American University of Beirut.

Michael Gilmont is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford Environmental Change Institute (ECI), and a Research Affiliate of InSIS, applying interdisciplinary political, economic and hydrological approaches to analysing water resource development and use.