Water and Arid Lands of the Western United States

A World Resources Institute Book
Herausgeber: El-Ashry, Mohamed T.; Mohamed T., El-Ashry; Gibbons, Diana C.

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Produktbeschreibung

In Water and the Arid Lands of the Western United States the authors explore the nature of water demands.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 697g
• ISBN-13: 9780521118224
• ISBN-10: 0521118220
• Artikelnr.: 26488936

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
1. The West in profile Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Diana C. Gibbons
2. The Great American Desert transformed: aridity, exploitation, and imperialism in the making of the modern American west Norris Hundley, Jr.
3. The Central valley of California Charles V. Moore and Richard E. Howitt
4. Land and water management issues: Texas high plains Ronald D. Lacewell and John G. Lee
5. Water resources of the Upper Colorado river basin: problems and policy alternatives Charles W. Howe and W. Ashley Ahrems
6. Growth and water in the South Coast basin of California Henry J. Vaux, Jr.
7. Toward sustaining a desert metropolis: water and land use in Tucson, Arizona William E. Martin, Helen M. Ingrm, Dennis C. Cory and Mary G. Wallace
8. Water management issues in the Denver, Colorado, urban area J. Gordon Milliken
9. New water policies for the West Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Diana C. Gibbons
Appendix
Index.