Water Politics in Northern Nevada : A Century of Struggle, Second Edition /

"In northwestern Nevada, the waters of the Truckee, Carson, and Walker river systems are fought over by competing interests: agriculture, industry, Native Americans and newer residents, and environmentalists. Much of the conflict was caused by the Newlands Project, completed in 1915, the earlie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wilds, Leah J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2014]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Newlands Project (U.S.)
Newlands Project (U.S.) > History.
Water-supply > Political aspects.
Water resources development > Political aspects.
Social conflict.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Environmental policy.
Ecology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Nevada > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Aspect politique > Nevada > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique > Nevada > Histoire.
Social conflict > Nevada > History.
Environmental policy > Nevada > History.
Water reuse > Political aspects > Nevada > History.
Water resources development > Political aspects > Nevada > History.
Water-supply > Political aspects > Nevada > History.
United States > Truckee River.
Nevada > Carson River.
Nevada.
Nevada > Conditions sociales.
Carson (Nev. : Riviere) > Conditions environnementales.
Truckee (Calif. et Nev. : Riviere) > Conditions environnementales.
Nevada > Social conditions.
Nevada > Politics and government.
Carson River (Nev.) > Environmental conditions.
Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) > Environmental conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. The Truckee and Carson River Basins
  • Water, people, and politics
  • Reclamation Policy : Trials and tribulations
  • The California-Nevada Interstate Compact
  • Coming to terms
  • Navigating congressional waters
  • An end in sight?
  • Staying the course
  • Part II. The Walker River Basin
  • Contemporary Issues in the Walker River Basin
  • The Road to the Walker Basin Project
  • The Walker Basin Project
  • Into the Future.

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