McCool River Republic

The Fall and Rise of America's Rivers
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-231-50441-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

McCool, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Deltas, Flussmündungen, Küstenregionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
"Green River," by William Cullen Bryant
Map: Selected Sites
Part I: The Fall
1. Crumbling Edifice
2. Planters, Sawyers, and Snags: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3. The Manless Land: The Bureau of Reclamation
Part II: Dismemberment
4. Handout Horticulture: Farming and the Feds
5. Falling Waters: Hydropower and Renewable Energy
6. Rivers Into Waterways: Barging, Locks, and Dams
7. Black Water Rising: The Myth of Flood Control
8. Downstream Dilemma: Water Pollution
Part III: Resurrection
9. River City: Urban Riverscapes
10. Net Losses: Habitat and Endangered Species
11. Playground on the Move: River Recreation
12. The River Commons
Notes
Index

Leseproben

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Über Autor(innen)

Daniel McCool is the director of the Environmental and Sustainability Studies Program and a professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Utah. He has won a number of awards for his teaching and publications, and his research focuses on water resources development, voting rights, American Indian water rights, and public lands policy. He has published widely in such journals as the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, Political Research Quarterly, and the University of Texas Law Review. This is his eighth book.