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David Carle
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Counterpoint
Publication date
May 10, 2016
Pages
275
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Revised
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781619026179
ISBN-10
1619026171
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.76 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
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Water Is for Fighting over | The Hour of Land | Thirsty | Landscape Ecology | Practical Ecology | Sustainable Water | Theory in Landscape Architecture | Cadillac Desert | Traveling the 38th Parallel
Summaries and Reviews
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Imported water has transformed the Golden Stateâs environment and quality of life. Land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism dramatically altered both urban and rural communities across the entire state. The key has been redirecting water from the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River, and Northern California rivers. ÂWhoever brings the water, brings the people,â wrote engineer William Mullholland, whose leadership began the process of water irrigating unlimited growth. Using first-person voices of Californians to reveal the resulting changes, Carle concludes that now is the time to stop drowning the California Dream.
With extensive use of oral histories, contemporary newspaper articles and autobiographies, Carle provides a rich exploration of the historic changes in California, as imported water shaped patterns of growth and development. In this thoroughly revised edition, Carle brings that history up to date, as water choices remain the primary tool for shaping Californiaâs future. In a land where climate change is exacerbating the challenges of a naturally dry region, the stateâs damaged environment and reduced quality of life can be corrected, Carle argues, if Californians step out of the historic pattern and embrace limited water supplies as a fact of life.
With extensive use of oral histories, contemporary newspaper articles and autobiographies, Carle provides a rich exploration of the historic changes in California, as imported water shaped patterns of growth and development. In this thoroughly revised edition, Carle brings that history up to date, as water choices remain the primary tool for shaping Californiaâs future. In a land where climate change is exacerbating the challenges of a naturally dry region, the stateâs damaged environment and reduced quality of life can be corrected, Carle argues, if Californians step out of the historic pattern and embrace limited water supplies as a fact of life.
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Revised edition from Counterpoint (May 10, 2016)
9781619026179 | details & prices | 275 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.76 lbs | List price $16.95
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