Author: North Carolina. Department of Conservation and DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Biennial Report of the North Carolina Department of Conservation & Development
Author: North Carolina. Department of Conservation and DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Biennial Report
Author: North Carolina. Department of Conservation and DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Southern Waters
Author: Craig E. ColtenPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807156523
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Water has dominated images of the South throughout history, from Hernando de Soto's 1541 crossing of the Mississippi to tragic scenes of flooding throughout the Gulf South after Hurricane Katrina. But these images tell only half the story: as urban, industrial, and population growth create unprecedented demands on water in the South, the problems of pollution and water shortages grow ever more urgent. In Southern Waters: The Limits to Abundance, Craig E. Colten addresses how the South -- in an environment fraught with uncertainty -- can navigate the twin risks of too much water and not enough. From the arrival of the first European settlers, the South's inhabitants have pursued a course of maximum exploitation and control of the area's plentiful waters, investing widely in wetland drainage and massive flood-control projects. Disputes over southern waterways go back nearly as far: obstruction of fish migration by mill dams prompted new policies to protect aquatic life as early as the colonial era. Colten argues that such conflicts, which have heightened dramatically since the explosive urbanization of the mid-twentieth century, will only become more frequent and intense, making the shift toward sustainable use a national imperative. In tracing the evolving uses and abuses of southern waters, Colten offers crucial insights into the complex historical geography of water throughout the region. A masterful analysis of the ways in which past generations harnessed and consumed water, Southern Waters also stands as a guide to adapting our water usage to cope with the looming shortage of this once-abundant resource.
Report of the State Geologist
Author: California. Division of Mines and GeologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
The North Carolina Historical Review
Author: Geological Survey Water-supply Paper
Author: Annual Report of the Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
Book Description
Chapter of Report ... of the State Mineralogist Covering Mining in California and the Activities of the Division of Mines and Mining
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The American City
Author: Arthur Hastings GrantPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Chapter of Report ... of the State Mineralogist Covering Mining in California and the Activities of the State Mining Bureau
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description