Main Title |
Last oasis : facing water scarcity / |
Author |
Postel, Sandra.
|
Publisher |
W.W. Norton, |
Year Published |
1997 |
OCLC Number |
37193269 |
ISBN |
0393317447 (pbk.) : |
Subjects |
Water-supply ;
Water conservation ;
Water rights
|
Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
TD345.P67 1997 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
11/07/1997 |
ESAM |
TD345.P67 1997 |
|
Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
07/03/1997 |
|
Edition |
{New ed.} |
Collation |
xxxviii, 239 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. |
Notes |
Includes index. |
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. |
Place Published |
New York : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1997. |
Series Title Traced |
Worldwatch environmental alert series |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
OCLC Time Stamp |
19971029125101 |
Language |
ENG |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01085cam 2200265Ia 45020 |