Water follies : groundwater pumping and the fate of America's fresh waters / / Robert Glennon
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| Autore: |
Glennon Robert Jerome <1944->
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| Titolo: |
Water follies : groundwater pumping and the fate of America's fresh waters / / Robert Glennon
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.91/0413/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water-supply - United States |
| Groundwater - United States | |
| Water use - United States | |
| Water consumption - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-296) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Ch 1: The Worth of Water in the UNited States -- Ch 2: Human Reliance on Groundwater -- Ch 3: How Does a River Go Dry? -- Ch 4: A River at Risk -- Ch 5: Tampa Bay's Avarice -- Ch 6: The Tourist's Mirage -- Ch 7: Suburban Development and Watershed Initiatives -- Ch 8: A Game of Inches for Endangered Chinook Salmon -- Ch 9: Wild Blueberries and Atlantic Salmon -- Ch 10: Size Does Count, at Least for French Fries -- Ch 11: The Black Mesa Coal Slurry Pipeline -- Ch 12: Is Gold or Water More Precious? -- Ch 13: All's Fair in Love and Water -- Ch 14: The Future of Water -- Ch 15: The Tragedy of Law and the Commons -- Appendix: Organizations Committed to Protecting the Environment from Groundwater Pumping -- Glossary -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Island Press Board of Directors 2002. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Water follies |
| ISBN: | 1-59726-787-2 |
| 1-4175-3943-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825388503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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