Connecting the Drops : A Citizens' Guide to Protecting Water Resources /

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The need for improved water resource protection, beginning with grassroots action, is urgent. The water we use depends on networks of wetlands, streams, and watersheds. Land-use activities, however, are changing these natural systems. Often these changes result in ecological damage, flooding, water...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Schneller-McDonald, Karen (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Water-supply > Environmental aspects.
Water quality management.
Water > Pollution > Environmental aspects.
Water conservation.
Hydrology.
Environmentalism.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
water quality management.
Environnementalisme.
Hydrologie.
Eau > Conservation.
Eau > Qualite > Gestion.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect de l'environnement.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Natural water systems and their benefits
  • Picturing environmental features and systems
  • How land use activities affect water
  • Measuring the impacts
  • Energy development and water
  • Weighing significant impacts, true costs, and mitigation
  • Overcoming obstacles to water protection
  • Strategies for action.

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