Water and Arid Lands of the Western United States : A World Resources Institute Book (Paperback)

Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. The West in profile Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Diana C. Gibbons; 2. The Great American Desert transformed: aridity, exploitation, and imperialism in the making of the modern American west Norris Hundley, Jr.; 3. The Central valley of California Charles V. Moore and Richard E. Howitt; 4. Land and water management issues: Texas high plains Ronald D. Lacewell and John G. Lee; 5. Water resources of the Upper Colorado river basin: problems and policy alternatives Charles W. Howe and W. Ashley Ahrems; 6. Growth and water in the South Coast basin of California Henry J. Vaux, Jr.; 7. Toward sustaining a desert metropolis: water and land use in Tucson, Arizona William E. Martin, Helen M. Ingrm, Dennis C. Cory and Mary G. Wallace; 8. Water management issues in the Denver, Colorado, urban area J. Gordon Milliken; 9. New water policies for the West Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Diana C. Gibbons; Appendix; Index.