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Environmental and Water Resources History

Author : Jerry R. Rogers

Publisher :

Page : 350 pages

File Size : 48,18 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN :

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Book Description

Annotation Twenty-four contributions address the history of various government and academic organizations that have played a role in the nation's water resources and environmental activities. Papers address topics including environmental engineering history and developments, hydraulic engineering pioneers, Bureau of Reclamation history and developments, university water and hydraulic education and research, hydrology and water resource planning, and an invited paper discussing the history of life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama rivers. Six contributions discuss the formation of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) and the history of ASCE technical divisions and codes and standards activities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.











The Great Lakes Water Wars

Author : Peter Annin

Publisher : Island Press

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 19,25 MB

Release : 2009-08-25

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 159726637X

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The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.



Water Resources Sustainability

Author : Larry W. Mays

Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 40,68 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 0071462309

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Providing clean water to earth's rapidly growing human population is one the major issues of the 21st Century. The climatic effects of global warming on water supply has made this a hot-button issue.



American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change

Author : Gary D. Libecap

Publisher : University of Chicago Press

Page : 403 pages

File Size : 16,64 MB

Release : 2023

Category : Agriculture

ISBN : 0226830616

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This paper highlights the role of agriculture in the American economy and society over time and points to farmer historical and contemporary responses to varying climatic conditions. It indicates the importance of water as an input to agricultural production and identifies possible impacts of climate change on access to water. It then summarizes a set of eleven papers from an NBER research project on water, climate change, and the agricultural sector.