The man who thought he owned water : on the brink with American farms, cities, and food /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"A story of her small family farm in Colorado with history of water policy in the state and the science and law of water resources in the West. Addressing the deepening need for urban-rural cooperation, dispelling misconceptions and shares essential background knowledge about farms, food and wa...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: D'Elgin, Tershia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
Temas:
D'Elgin, Tershia.
Women environmentalists > Colorado > Biography.
Water resources development > Colorado > History.
Water-supply, Rural > Colorado > History.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Colorado > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement rural > Colorado > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Water resources development
Water-supply, Rural
Women environmentalists
Colorado
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue; 1. Thirst for the Known; 2. The Nuisance of Hindsight; 3. Growing Up to Be Cowboys; 4. The Soggy Verge; 5. Banging a Gavel in Water; 6. The Inscrutable Hitch of Above and Below; 7. Hypocrisy, in a Kernel; 8. Moving against the Grain; 9. Brokers of the Apocalypse; 10. Vagaries of Basins; 11. The Perfect Drought; 12. Poseidon Revisits the Platte; 13. At the Not-O.K. Corral; 14. Let Them Eat Turf; 15. The Taste of Plunder; 16. Near-Death Experience; 17. American Gothic; 18. Evade the Reaper; 19. Daughter in the Dell; 20. Past the End of Our Hoses; Notes; Glossary.

Ejemplares similares