Drought, water law, and the origins of California's Central Valley project /

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"This book is an account of how water rights were designed as a key part of the state's largest public water system, the Central Valley Project. Along sixty miles of the San Joaquin River, from Gustine to Mendota, four corporate entities called "exchange contractors" retain param...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stroshane, Tim, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno ; Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2016]
Temas:
Central Valley Project (Calif.)
Water resources development > California > History.
Water rights > California > History.
Water-supply > Political aspects > California > History.
Droits sur les eaux > Californie > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique > Californie > Histoire.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
Water resources development.
Water rights.
Water-supply > Political aspects.
California.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Artificial Cascades; Chapter 2. Mere Trespassers and Monopolists; Chapter 3. Showdown at the Calloway Canal; Chapter 4. The Dead Hand of Henry Miller; Chapter 5. A Large Permanent Usefulness; Chapter 6. District, Rule, Decree; Chapter 7. A Lawsuit Is a Poor Match for a Dam; Chapter 8. Junior and Senior Partners; Chapter 9. Glass Half Full; Chapter 10. Parable, Prophecy, Present.
  • Appendix A. Summaries of Key Miller and Lux-related San Joaquin River California Supreme Court CasesAppendix B. Text of Proposition 7 from 1928 California Constitution; Appendix C. Authorities; References; Index.

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