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RECORD NUMBER: 4 OF 8| Main Title | Last oasis : facing water scarcity / | |||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Postel, Sandra. | |||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | W.W. Norton, | |||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 26502918 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0393034283 (alk. paper) : 0393309614 (pbk.) | |||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Water-supply ; Water conservation ; Water rights | |||||||||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||||||||
| Collation | 239 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. | |||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | An illusion of plenty -- Signs of scarcity -- Engineering's promise -- Bread and water -- Paradise lost -- Hydropolitics -- A world heating up -- Thrifty irrigation -- Small-scale solutions -- Wastewater no more -- Industrial recycling -- Conserving in cities -- Pricing, markets, and regulations -- A water ethic. |