Author: Juliet Christian-Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199939381
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we as a nation need to do to manage our most vital resource. In this book, leading thinkers at world-class water research institution the Pacific Institute present clear and readable analysis and recommendations for a new federal water policy to confront our national and global challenges at a critical time. What exactly is at stake? In the 21st century, pressures on water resources in the United States are growing and conflicts among water users are worsening. Communities continue to struggle to meet water quality standards and to ensure that safe drinking water is available for all. And new challenges are arising as climate change and extreme events worsen, new water quality threats materialize, and financial constraints grow. Yet the United States has not stepped up with adequate leadership to address these problems. The inability of national policymakers to safeguard our water makes the United States increasingly vulnerable to serious disruptions of something most of us take for granted: affordable, reliable, and safe water. This book provides an independent assessment of water issues and water management in the United States, addressing emerging and persistent water challenges from the perspectives of science, public policy, environmental justice, economics, and law. With fascinating case studies and first-person accounts of what helps and hinders good water management, this is a clear-eyed look at what we need for a 21st century U.S. water policy.
A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy
Water and Los Angeles
Author: William Deverell
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.
Legislative Document
Author: New York (State). Legislature
Publisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
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The Chester White Swine Record
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Category : Chester White swine
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Category : Chester White swine
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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"Code of Massachusetts regulations, 2003"
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Languages : en
Pages : 2466
Book Description
Archival snapshot of entire looseleaf Code of Massachusetts Regulations held by the Social Law Library of Massachusetts as of January 2020.
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Languages : en
Pages : 2466
Book Description
Archival snapshot of entire looseleaf Code of Massachusetts Regulations held by the Social Law Library of Massachusetts as of January 2020.
Report of the State Board of Health of Wisconsin ... 1922
Biennial Report of the Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Two Years Ending May 31 ...
Author: Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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The Standard Formulary
Author: Albert Ethelbert Ebert
Publisher:
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Category : Drugs
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Drugs
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Engineering World
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
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Votes & Proceedings
Author: New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Publisher:
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Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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