Water In The West Today
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Water In The West Today
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Water In The West Today written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Water categories.
Water In The West Today
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language : en
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Release Date : 1997
Water In The West Today written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Water categories.
Water In The West
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Author : Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Water In The West written by Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Sustainable development categories.
The West Without Water
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Author : B. Lynn Ingram
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013-08-01
The West Without Water written by B. Lynn Ingram and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Nature categories.
The West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources. Looking at the region’s current water crisis from the perspective of its climate history, the authors ask the central question of what is "normal" climate for the West, and whether the relatively benign climate of the past century will continue into the future. The West without Water merges climate and paleoclimate research from a wide variety of sources as it introduces readers to key discoveries in cracking the secrets of the region’s climatic past. It demonstrates that extended droughts and catastrophic floods have plagued the West with regularity over the past two millennia and recounts the most disastrous flood in the history of California and the West, which occurred in 1861–62. The authors show that, while the West may have temporarily buffered itself from such harsh climatic swings by creating artificial environments and human landscapes, our modern civilization may be ill-prepared for the future climate changes that are predicted to beset the region. They warn that it is time to face the realities of the past and prepare for a future in which fresh water may be less reliable.
Review Of Water Of Sic The West
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Review Of Water Of Sic The West written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Water categories.
Rivers Of Empire
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Author : Donald Worster
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1992
Rivers Of Empire written by Donald Worster and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Business & Economics categories.
The American West, blessed with an abundance of earth and sky but cursed with a scarcity of life's most fundamental need, has long dreamed of harnessing all its rivers to produce unlimited wealth and power. In Rivers of Empire, award-winning historian Donald Worster tells the story of this dream and its outcome. He shows how, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, Mormons were the first attempting to make that dream a reality, damming and diverting rivers to irrigate their land. He follows this intriguing history through the 1930s, when the federal government built hundreds of dams on every major western river, thereby laying the foundation for the cities and farms, money and power of today's West. Yet while these cities have become paradigms of modern American urban centers, and the farms successful high-tech enterprises, Worster reminds us that the costs have been extremely high. Along with the wealth has come massive ecological damage, a redistribution of power to bureaucratic and economic elites, and a class conflict still on the upswing. As a result, the future of this "hydraulic West" is increasingly uncertain, as water continues to be a scarce resource, inadequate to the demand, and declining in quality.
Water In The West
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Author : Jacqueline Vaughn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2025-02-06
Water In The West written by Jacqueline Vaughn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-06 with Business & Economics categories.
Water use and conservation in the American West have long been shaped by a host of geographic, environmental, political and economic factors. Today, though, serious questions are being raised about how western states used dams, irrigation systems, and other water-related infrastructure to transform the landscape of the West. Are current trends in water consumption across the West sustainable, given the region's arid environment and rapidly growing populations? Are so-called "water wars" between thirsty states (and between Mexico and USA) worsening? What impact will climate change have on the West's limited water resources--and the people who depend on them? This book answers all those questions and more, drawing on quantifiable facts and the knowledge and perspectives of experts on water resource consumption, administration, and conservation to provide a one-stop resource for understanding the past, present, and future of water in the American West.
The West Without Water
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Author : B. Lynn Ingram
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013-08-01
The West Without Water written by B. Lynn Ingram and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Nature categories.
"Documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty thousand years, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources."--Back cover.
Reclamation Managing Water In The West The Bureau Of Reclamation History Essays From The Centennial Symposium Volume 2 2008
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Reclamation Managing Water In The West The Bureau Of Reclamation History Essays From The Centennial Symposium Volume 2 2008 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Water Reader
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Author : Char Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Water Reader written by Char Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Power resources categories.