Thirst for growth : water agencies as hidden government in California /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gottlieb, Robert, 1944-
Other Authors: FitzSimmons, Margaret
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©1991.
Subjects:
Water districts > California, Southern.
Water-supply > Government policy > California, Southern.
Water-supply, Agricultural > Government policy > California, Southern.
Municipal water supply > Government policy > California, Southern.
Districts des eaux > Californie (Sud)
Eau > Approvisionnement > Politique gouvernementale > Californie (Sud)
Eau > Approvisionnement agricole > Politique gouvernementale > Californie (Sud)
Eau > Approvisionnement urbain > Politique gouvernementale > Californie (Sud)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
Municipal water supply > Government policy.
Water districts.
Water-supply, Agricultural > Government policy.
Water-supply > Government policy.
Southern California.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. The agencies and the regional economy. 1. "The mighty Met" : a center of power
  • 2. Growth and identity
  • 3. The politics of groundwater
  • 4. A desert conundrum
  • 5. The search for cheap water
  • II. Accountability. 6. How decisions get made and who gets to make them
  • 7. Debating the language of policy
  • III. Innovation : a problem of management, not technology. 8. Water quality : new issues, old priorities
  • 9. Groping toward reallocation
  • 10. The role of efficiencyt
  • 11. Toward a new mission
  • IV. Reference material.

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