Brock Ternes

Groundwater Citizenship

Well Owners, Environmentalism, and the Depletion of the High Plains Aquifer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on surveys with over 850 participants, this book explores the ways in which well ownership shapes people's beliefs and actions about water in Kansas. The author frames well owners as a community pivotal to safeguarding aquifers that is defined by their understanding of drought and reliance on aquifers.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781666903461
• ISBN-10: 1666903469
• Artikelnr.: 62752431

Autorenporträt

Brock Ternes is visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Overworked Ogallala
Chapter 2: Strategies to Manage Groundwater in Kansas
Chapter 3: Water Supplies and Practice
Chapter 4: Investigating Groundwater Citizenship
Appendix to Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Hydrologic Habitus and Unique Environmentalism
Appendix to Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Saving for a Dry Day
Appendix to Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Policymaking for Groundwater Economies
Chapter 8: Aquifer Ethics and Resiliency in Lands of Underground Rain
References
About the Author