Dead pool Lake Powell, global warming, and the future of water in the west /
| Main Author: | Powell, James Lawrence, 1936- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2008.
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| Physical Description: |
x, 283 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
- 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.