Автор: Douglas R. Littlefield Название: Ruling the Waters: California`s Kern River, the Environment, and the Making of Western Water Law ISBN: 0806190035 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806190037 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 20860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: When Europeans first arrived at what is now California’s San Joaquin Valley, they found a vast landscape of wetlands, small ponds, riparian forests, and grasslands surrounding three large swampland lakes. What greets a visitor to the region today is a dramatically different view of mile after mile of row crops, vineyards, orchards, and grazing acreage—some of the most fertile and productive agricultural land in the world. This remarkable transformation, with its enduring consequences, is at the center of Ruling the Waters, a legal, social, and environmental history of how western water law shaped, and was shaped by, the subjugation of the largest freshwater wetlands wildlife habitat in the West. At the heart of efforts to wrest arable land from the region was the Kern River, which rises in the Sierra Nevada and carries snowmelt to what was once a great network of lakes, sloughs, and marshes at the southern end of California’s Central Valley. In Ruling the Waters Douglas R. Littlefield describes how, over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, pioneers and entrepreneurs diverted water out of this network of waterways to extract gold in the mountains and irrigate farms lower down the river, and how the law was made to accommodate these practices. Struggles over the Kern River’s water established one of the most important concepts in water law in some parts of the United States—that prior appropriation, dependent on the chronological order of diversions from waterways, could legally coexist with riparian rights, which restrict water usage to landownership directly next to a river or stream. Littlefield traces this concept to the 1886 California Supreme Court case of Lux v. Haggin—which pitted the giant farming and cattle company of Miller & Lux against a prominent land baron, James B. Haggin—and shows how the lawsuit profoundly shaped future waters issues, which in turn influenced water laws in other western states that were grappling with similar questions. Far from a dry legal history, Ruling the Waters tells a story with world-wide historical environmental ramifications, a tale of competing personalities and values and visions that forever changed both the economy and the ecology of the American West.
Автор: Christian S. Harrison Название: All the Water the Law Allows: Las Vegas and Colorado River Politics ISBN: 0806192283 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806192284 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 20860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: As the population of the greater Las Vegas area grows and the climate warms, the threat of a water shortage looms over southern Nevada. But as Christian S. Harrison demonstrates in All the Water the Law Allows, the threat of shortage arises not from the local environment but from the American legal system, specifically the Law of the River that governs water allocation from the Colorado River. In this political and legal history of the Las Vegas water supply, Harrison focuses on the creation and actions of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to tell a story with profound implications and important lessons for water politics and natural resource policy in the twenty-first century.
In the state with the smallest allocation of the Colorado’s water supply, Las Vegas faces the twin challenges of aridity and federal law to obtain water for its ever-expanding population. All the Water the Law Allows describes how the impending threat of shortage in the 1980s compelled the five metropolitan water agencies of greater Las Vegas to unify into a single entity. Harrison relates the circumstances of the SNWA’s evolution and reveals how the unification of local, county, and state interests allowed the compact to address regional water policy with greater force and focus than any of its peers in the Colorado River Basin. Most notably, the SNWA has mapped conservation plans that have drastically reduced local water consumption; and, in the interstate realm, it has been at the center of groundbreaking, water-sharing agreements.
Yet these achievements do not challenge the fundamental primacy of the Law of the River. If current trends continue and the Basin States are compelled to reassess the river’s distribution, the SNWA will be a force and a model for the Basin as a whole.
Автор: Xenarios, Stefanos Название: The Aral Sea Basin ISBN: 0367777029 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367777029 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 42870.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Ranjan Amit Название: Contested Waters: India`s Transboundary River Water Disputes in South Asia ISBN: 0367544199 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367544195 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 42870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book examines India`s transboundary river water disputes with its South Asian neighbours - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. It explores the history and politics of the transboundary river waters in this region as well as discusses current disputes and future concerns.
Автор: Boer Ben Название: Mekong: A Socio-Legal Approach to River Basin Development ISBN: 1138788457 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138788459 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 47970.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is the first detailed study of an international river basin from a socio-legal perspective. The Mekong River Basin, which sustains approximately 70 million people across Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, provides a prime example of the socio-legal complexities of governing a transboundary river basin.
Автор: Asian Development Bank Название: Protecting the Meghna River: A Sustainable Water Resource for Dhaka ISBN: 929261696X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789292616960 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 18390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This publication explores the potential of the Meghna River as an alternative water source for Dhaka. It also describes the fragile state of the city's current drinking water supply due to increasing demand and surface contamination.
The authors assess the threats facing the Meghna River and identify protection measures needed to ensure that it can provide a sustainable and safe supply of drinking water. These measures include designating ecological critical areas, promoting cleaner industrial production, monitoring pollution, controlling wastewater discharges and pesticide use, and empowering local stewardship of the river.
Автор: Xenarios, Stefanos Название: The Aral sea basin ISBN: 1138348880 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138348882 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: This book offers the first multidisciplinary overview of water resources issues and management in the Aral Sea Basin, covering both the Amu Darya and Syr Darya River basins.
Автор: Food And Agriculture Organization Ihe Delft Institute For Water Education Название: Water accounting in the jordan river basin ISBN: 9251326614 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789251326619 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 43430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This report on a water accounting study of the Jordan River Basin, using FAO`s Water Productivity (WaPOR) database, highlights the need for better information to inform water management in the region.
Автор: Megdal, Sharon B. Название: Shared Borders, Shared Waters ISBN: 041566263X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415662635 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 117390.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Bharati, Luna Название: The Ganges River Basin ISBN: 036773690X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367736903 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 42870.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Metcalfe, Chris D. Название: The Paran? River Basin ISBN: 1032336110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032336114 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 42870.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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