Contested waters an environmental history of the Colorado River /
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| Language: | English |
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
2013.
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10678385 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. A river through time
- Conquering the wild colorado : the river before 1945
- Farming the desert : agricultural water demands
- Saving the river : the environmental movement
- Sharing the shortage : a river in control
- Part 2. Currents of today
- The metropolis and the desert : growing cities in the west
- Owning the river : Indian water rights and settlements
- Crossing the border : us-mexico relations and the river
- The water market : banking and selling the colorado river
- Conclusion.