Unquenchable : America's water crisis and what to do about it / / Robert Glennon

• Autore: Glennon Robert Jerome <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Washington [D.C.], : Island Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Robert Glennon, author of Water Follies, captures the irony--and tragedy--of America's water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, Unquenchable reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unquenchable
• ISBN: 1-59726-639-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820403803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II