Science Be Dammed : How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River /

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Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management--and perils in the mismanagement--of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Kuhn, Eric (Author), Fleck, John, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2019
Subjects:
Errors, Scientific.
Water resources development > Government policy > Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
Water-supply > Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
Erreurs scientifiques.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Politique gouvernementale > Colorado, Bassin du (Col.-Mexique)
Eau > Approvisionnement > Colorado, Bassin du (Col.-Mexique)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Errors, Scientific
Water resources development > Government policy
Water-supply
North America > Colorado River Watershed
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Colorado, a river in deficit
  • The origin of conflict
  • The Colorado River Compact
  • Selling the compact
  • The troubling science of E.C. Larue
  • The Sibert report : a lost opportunity
  • Boulder canyon project act
  • More marketing than science
  • The 1930s
  • drought, development, and litigation
  • The treaty with Mexico
  • The argumentative wisdom of George E.P. Smith
  • "A natural menace becomes a national resource"
  • The 1948 Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
  • Upper basin development moves forward
  • Arizona v. California
  • The Central Arizona Project : draining the last drop
  • Tree rings and climate change
  • Reality sets in
  • A bridge to an uncertain future
  • Finally listening to Larue?
  • Epilogue : "an unknown distance yet to run."

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