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Managing water [[electronic resource] ] : avoiding crisis in California / / Dorothy Green
| Managing water [[electronic resource] ] : avoiding crisis in California / / Dorothy Green |
| Autore | Green Dorothy <1929-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.6/109794 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California - Management
Water quality - California |
| Soggetto non controllato |
calfed
california conservation elected officials environmental activism government and governing groundwater imported water lakes los angeles reclamation resource management reuse rivers storm water streams sustainability united states of america wastewater water contaminants water management accountability water management water policy issues water quality regulatory agency water suppliers water systems water treatment water use efficiency water watershed management |
| ISBN |
9786612360121
1-282-36012-4 0-520-94122-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Los Angeles Area Water Supplies -- 2. Water Management: Who's in Charge? -- 3. Water Use Efficiency -- 4. Drinking Water Quality -- 5. State Policy and the Los Angeles Area -- GLOSSARY -- NATIVE PLANT RESOURCES -- WEBSITES OF INTEREST -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778070103321 |
Green Dorothy <1929->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Signs of water : community perspectives on water, responsibility, and hope / / edited by Robert Boschman and Sonya L. Jakubec
| Signs of water : community perspectives on water, responsibility, and hope / / edited by Robert Boschman and Sonya L. Jakubec |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 pages) |
| Disciplina | 553.7 |
| Collana | Arts in action |
| Soggetto topico |
Water
Water conservation Environmental protection |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Detroit
Water climate security community based natural resource management cultural diversity environmental degradation environmental justice future of water global water systems human rights indigenous water access lakes oceans plant healing politics of water ponds public policy race and water rain rivers social inequality water access water law water policy water pollution water rights water security water systems |
| ISBN | 1-77385-236-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I. IMMERSIONS: From Water Imaginaries to Wild Swimming -- Introduction -- 1 | Water Imagination in Anthropology: On Plant Healing Matters -- 2 | Aquatic Insights from Roger Deakin's Waterlog -- II. FORMATIONS: Water as LifeBlood -- Introduction -- 3 | Water Formations, Water Neutrality, and Water Shutoffs: Posthumanism in the Wake of Racial Slavery -- 4 | When Water Isn't Life: Environmental Justice Denied -- 5 | Indigenous Stories and the Fraser River: Intercultural Dialogue for Public Decision-Making -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- III. HISTORIES: On Four Continents -- Introduction -- 6 | Unexpected Connections? Water Security, Law, Social Inequality, Disrespect for Cultural Diversity, and Environmental Degradation in the Upper Xingu Basin -- 7 | Community-Based Natural Resources Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers to Sustainable Community Water Supply Management in Northwest Cameroon -- Appendix -- 8 | Taming the Tambraparni River: Reservoirs, Hydro-Electric Power Generation, and Raising Fish in South India -- 9 | A Tale of Two Watersheds in the Mackenzie River Basin: Linking Land Use Planning to the Hydroscape -- IV. INTERVENTIONS: Thinking and Being with Water -- Introduction -- 10 | On Not Having Invented the Wheel: A Meditation on Invention, Land, and Water -- 11 | Instructions for Being Water: A Performance Score -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- 12 | The Red Alert Project -- V. RESPONSES: Two Canadian Community Models -- Introduction -- 13 | Ghost Story: A Community Organizing Model of Changemaking -- 14 | The New Thunderbirds: The Waters of Uranium City, Saskatchewan -- VI. IMPLEMENTATION:An Engineering Application for Global Climate Change -- Introduction.
15 | Large-Scale Water Harvesting: An Application Model in the Time ofAccelerating Global Climate Change -- Contributors -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585980803321 |
| Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Water Engineering in Ancient Societies
| Water Engineering in Ancient Societies |
| Autore | Ortloff Charles R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (276 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Biography & True Stories
Archaeology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Petra
Nabataean water systems hydraulic analysis CFD canals reservoirs pipelines flow stability pre-Columbian urban Tiwanaku Bolivia hydraulic/hydrological analysis surface canals perimeter drainage channel moat subterranean channels societal structure Roman Pont du Gard water engineering castellum aqueduct CFD analysis hydraulic design critical flow Machu Picchu Inca ancient water engineering hydraulics central-Andes engineered landscapes political ecology Prehispanic resilience water security wetland management Roman aqueducts inverted siphons static pressure pressure surges lead pipes stone conduits air entrapment Vitruvius Inka Tipon precolumbian flow rates fountain Peru Archaic period Caral CFD models beach ridges ENSO events landscape change site termination |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910576875403321 |
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Ortloff Charles R
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| Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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