Author: Publisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Water-related Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture in U.S. Arid/semiarid Lands
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural innovations
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Paradoxes Of Western Energy Development
Author: Cyrus M MckellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000311260
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Proposed energy resource development in the arid western United States raises a number of potential problems for an environment that does not have a great deal of resiliency. Projected population increases associated with large-scale development activities may go beyond the capacity of small, isolated rural communities to absorb them; and constraints on western agricultural and industrial development—for example, demands for water already exceeding the supply available—also limit energy development. The authors of this wide-ranging book first evaluate western energy resources, then objectively discuss the consequences of development on the region’s physical and social environments. Among the questions they consider are: Who will reap the economic benefits of development, and who will bear the environmental costs? What will be the effects on the environment? The social structure? The quality of life? Are open spaces a national treasure in their present form, or should they be regarded as space available for development? What are the unique demands of reclamation in the arid west? And, given the recent trend of western states-rights militancy and shifts of population to the southwest, what impact will new federal and state policies have on resource management?
Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1990: Department of the Army
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water DevelopmentPublisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428909885
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Ground Water Contamination
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources SubcommitteePublisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis
Author: Green River - Hams Fork Coal Region
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Projects to Expand Energy Sources in the Western States
Author: Charles H. RichPublisher:
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Indian Agriculture in America
Author: R. Douglas HurtPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This is a sweeping survey of American Indian agriculture from its ancient origins to the present. It combines a wealth of historical, anthropological, legal, and economic information in a clear, readable synthesis. "This is without doubt the most thorough and comprehensive treatment of American Indian agriculture in print. It is multidisciplinary and impressive both in scope and in depth. Hurt shows a deft hand in summarizing not only the literature on the evolution of agriculture in North America, but also the dismal failure of American Indian policy to build on earlier Native American achievements. This book is the starting point for any serious consideration of the literature on subjects ranging from the domestication of corn, to pre-contact irrigation, to current Indian water rights."—Richard White, author of It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own. "This extremely worthwhile work is a significant contribution to both Indian history and general American history."—Gilbert Fite, past president of the Agricultural History Society and the Western History Association. "Merits the attention of all who are concerned about the past, present, and future of American Indians. The chapters devoted to the past century should be required reading for students of modern agricultural and American Indian history."—Peter Iverson, author of When Indians Became Cowboys: Native Peoples and Cattle Ranching in the American West. "A very thorough and readable account. The scope of this work is truly impressive. The bulk of it revolves around the implementation of United States federal Indian policies aimed at transforming Native Americans into self-sufficient yeoman farmers and farm families during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Hurt's chapters on Indian agriculture and water rights in the twentieth century are very timely and instructive. Should become a standard text for American Indian history courses."—New Mexico Historical Review. "A useful introduction to the subject that is organized in an admirably clear fashion and can be recommended to student and specialist alike."—Journal of American History. "Offers fresh and vital insights into the life and culture of the American Indian."—American Historical Review. "A comprehensive, authoritative account of one of the most significant topics in the history of Indian-white relations."—Western Historical Quarterly.