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RECORD NUMBER: 246 OF 712Main Title | Last oasis : facing water scarcity / | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | Postel, Sandra. | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | W.W. Norton, | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 37193269 | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0393317447 (pbk.) : | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Water-supply ; Water conservation ; Water rights | ||||||||||||||||
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Edition | {New ed.} | ||||||||||||||||
Collation | xxxviii, 239 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes 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. |