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Autore: | Glennon Robert Jerome <1944-> |
Titolo: | Unquenchable [[electronic resource] ] : America's water crisis and what to do about it / / Robert Glennon |
Pubblicazione: | Washington [D.C.], : Island Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.6/10973 |
Soggetto topico: | Water-supply - United States |
Droughts - United States | |
Water consumption - United States - Forecasting | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-400) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Part I. The Crisis. 1. Atlanta's prayer for water -- 2. Wealth and the culture of water consumption -- 3. Our thirst for energy --4. Fouling our own nests -- 5. The crisis masked -- Part II. Real and surreal solutions. 6. Business as usual -- 7. Water alchemists -- 8. The ancient mariner's lament -- 9. Shall we drink pee? -- 10. Creative conservation -- 11. Water harvesting -- 12. Moore's law -- Part III. A new approach. 13. The enigma of the water closet -- 14. The diamond-water paradox -- 15. The steel deal -- 16. Privatization of water -- 17. Take the money and run -- 18. The future of farming -- 19. Environmental transfers -- 20. The buffalo's lament -- Conclusion : a blue print for reform -- Epilogue : The Salton Sea. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Unquenchable |
ISBN: | 1-59726-639-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457508503321 |
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