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A thirsty land : the fight for water in Texas /

"As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGraw, Seamus (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
Edición:First paperback edition.
Colección:Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ; no. 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pipe dreams : the 1968 state water plan
  • When mine is yours and yours is ours
  • "That's the kind of thinking that will get your land took from you"
  • The last straw
  • Rice in the desert
  • What makes the dollar flip
  • Dow by law
  • An oak with its roots in the river, redux
  • Old men shouting at the clouds
  • A tale of two colonias
  • Up against the wall
  • Finding a solution, come hell or no water
  • Must be something in the water
  • Hanged in a fortnight
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword.