Water is for fighting over : and other myths about water in the West /

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When we think of water in the West, we think of conflict and crisis. In recent years, newspaper headlines have screamed, "Scarce water and the death of California farms," "The Dust Bowl returns," "A 'megadrought' will grip U.S. in the coming decades." Yet simi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fleck, John, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2016]
Temas:
Water-supply > West (U.S.)
Water-supply > Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico)
Water resources development > West (U.S.)
Eau > Approvisionnement > Colorado, Vallée du (Col.-Mexique)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Water rights.
Water resources development.
Water-supply.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Water rights.
Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve) > Droits sur les eaux.
North America > Colorado River.
North America > Colorado River Valley.
West United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rejoining the sea
  • Water squandered on a cow
  • Fountains in the desert
  • Negotiating in the rapids
  • Arizona's worst enemy
  • Averting tragedy
  • Turning off LA's tap
  • So Cal cuts back
  • The great fallowing
  • Emptying Lake Mead
  • Who's left out?
  • A beaver returns to the delta
  • Conclusion.

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