America's water : federal roles and responsibilities /

Were water considered an industry, it would be one of the largest in the United States, surely the most capital-intensive, and the most closely regulated by Congress. Yet as Peter Rogers argues in this readable, pragmatic, and scientifically grounded assessment of national water issues, it would als...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rogers, Peter P., 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1993.
Series:Twentieth Century Fund Book Ser.
Subjects:
Water-supply > Government policy > United States.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Water-supply > Government policy.
Wasserversorgung
Politik
Wasserreserve
Umweltpolitik
United States.
USA
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Water Resources and Public Policy
  • 2. Basic Hydrology, Water Demand, and Setting Standards
  • 3. History of Water Policy in the United States
  • 4. Water as a Resource: What Makes it Different?
  • 5. Technology, Technical Fixes, Technological Imperatives
  • 6. Economic, Financial, and Public Expenditure Imperatives
  • 7. Political Imperatives: Legislative, Executive, and Bureaucratic
  • 8. Institutional Needs and Possible Responses
  • 9. A Blueprint for Water Policy.

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