Dam Nation: How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future 9780762787623

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Автор: Grace Stephen
Название: Dam Nation: How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future
ISBN: 9780762787623
Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Классификация:

Региональные исследования

Общество и культура: общие вопросы

Управление природопользованием

ISBN-10: 0762787627
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 360
Вес: 0.52 кг.
Дата издания: 07.05.2013
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Maps
Размер: 153 x 229 x 2
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: How water shaped the west and will determine its future
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In the scramble to claim water rights in the West during the fevered days of early emigration and expansion, running out of water was rarely a concern, and the dam building fever that transformed the West in the 19th and 20th centuries created a map of the region that may be unsustainable. Throughout the arid American West, metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver need water. These cities are growing, but water supplies are dwindling. Scientists agree that the West is heating up and drying out, leading to future water shortages that will pose a challenge to existing laws. Dam Nation looks first to the past, to the stories of the California gold rush and the earliest attempts by men to shape the landscape and tame it, takes us to the Great American Desert and the settlement of the west under the theory that rain follows the plow, and then takes on the ongoing legal and moral battles in the West. Author Stephen Grace, is a novelist, a storyteller, and the author of several non-fiction books on Colorado. He weaves the facts into a compelling narrative that informs, entertains, and tells an important story.

Dam Nation: How Water Shaped the West and Will Determine Its Future, Grace Stephen