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Author Ward, Diane Raines.

Title Water wars : drought, flood, folly, and the politics of thirst / by Diane Raines Ward.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 2002.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  333.91 WARD    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  333.91 WAR    Check Shelf
Description 280 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-270) and index.
Contents ch. 1. Hold back the sea : climate shock and rising waters -- ch. 2. A sin of scale : the great projects -- ch. 3. A thousand valleys : river basins and utopian dreams -- ch. 4. Dry, drier, driest : greening the desert -- ch. 5. Predicaments : power and water -- ch. 6. Raging rivers : living in floodplains -- ch. 7. The wars -- ch. 8. Praying for rain -- Epilogue : the Everglades.
Subject Water-supply -- Management.
Hydraulic engineering.
Water -- Political aspects.
Water rights.
Water-supply -- International cooperation.
ISBN 1573222291
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