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RECORD NUMBER: 176 OF 728Main Title | Dead pool : Lake Powell, global warming, and the future of water in the west / | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | Powell, James Lawrence, | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | University of California Press, | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 221962034 | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 9780520254770 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520254775 (cloth : alk. paper) | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Global warming--West (US) ; Water-supply--West (US) ; Colorado River (Colo-Mexico) ; Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz)--History ; Powell, Lake (Utah and Ariz)--History ; Erwèarmung ; Flussbau ; Klima ; Lake Powell ; Colorado <USA, Fluss> | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | x, 283 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Part 1. River of surprise : The dam is not going to break -- Playing dice with nature -- Part 2. River of empire : Appointment in Samarra -- One simple fact -- The reality of empire -- This vast plain of opulent soil -- Lonely lands made fruitful -- Part 3. River of controversy : Natural menace becomes national resource -- Shall we let them ruin our national parks? -- We want to be dammed -- To have a deep blue lake -- The biggest boondoggle -- Part 4. River of limits : Time machines -- A new climatology -- Rainmakers -- Let people in the future worry about it -- A hundred green lagoons -- Part 5. River of tomorrow : River of law -- The west against itself. |