Water and Arid Lands of the Western United States - A World Resources Institute Book

Klappentext In Water and the Arid Lands of the Western United States the authors explore the nature of water demands. Zusammenfassung In Water and the Arid Lands of the Western United States the authors explore the nature of water demands in the agricultural and municipal sectors and set forth prescriptions for the west to move away from its historical reliance on expensive supply-side projects and toward better management of existing supplies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Mohamed T. El-Ashry, Mohamed T. Gibbons El-Ashry
• Assisted by: Mohamed T. El-Ashry (Editor), El-Ashry Mohamed T. (Editor), Diana C. Gibbons (Editor), Gibbons Diana C. (Editor), El-Ashry Mohamed T. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9780521118224
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11822-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; NATURE / Ecology, Applied ecology, Limnology (inland waters), US West, Arid zones, deserts, Limnology (Freshwater)