Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 220 pages) : maps |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index. |
Contents |
Complex landscapes: watersheds and institutions -- Watersheds, politics, and institutions: past and present assessments -- The essentials of watershed politics: boundaries, decision making, and accountability -- Imaginary watersheds and political realities -- Multiple goals, communities, and organizations: a watershed political economy -- Federalism and watershed governance -- A rational embrace? |
Summary |
"In Embracing Watershed Politics, political scientists Edella Schlager and William Blomquist provide timely illustrations and thought-provoking explanations of why political considerations are essential, unavoidable, and in some ways even desirable elements of decision making about water and watersheds. With decades of combined study of water management in the United States, they focus on the many contending interests and communities found in America's watersheds, the fundamental dimensions of decision making, and the impacts of science, complexity, and uncertainty on watershed management."--Jacket. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Watershed management -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Integrated water development -- United States.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
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Added Author |
Blomquist, William A. (William Andrew), 1957-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Schlager, Edella, 1960- Embracing watershed politics. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2008 9780870819094 (DLC) 2008017090 (OCoLC)180755619 |
ISBN |
9780870819759 (electronic bk.) |
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0870819755 (electronic bk.) |
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