Groundwater Citizenship - Well Owners, Environmentalism, and the Depletion of the High Plains

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Brock Ternes - Foreword by Gregory Fulkerson and Alexander Thomas

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Brock Ternes
• Assisted by: Gregory Fulkerson (Foreword), Thomas Alexander (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781666903461
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-346-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics; Studies in Urban–Rural Dynamics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Kansas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Cultural studies: food and society, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply