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A Life of Its Own: The Politics and Power of Water
by Gottlieb, Robert
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- first
- Condition
- good, very good
- ISBN 10
- 015195190X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151951901
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1988. First Edition. First Printing. good, very good. 24 cm, 332, illus., maps. Tha author, a historian/journalist and member of the Metropolitan Water Board of Southern California, describes how water agencies have relied on economic rather than public health objectives in managing water.
Synopsis
Is water a natural resource, or is it a commodity, to be sold for industrial, residential, and agricultural use? In the arid American West, this question is crucial, because water-or lack of it-affects every aspect of life. Index.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31395
- Title
- A Life of Its Own: The Politics and Power of Water
- Author
- Gottlieb, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - good, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 015195190X
- ISBN 13
- 9780151951901
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- San Diego, CA
- Date Published
- c1988
- Keywords
- Urban Planning, Reclamation, Agribusiness, Water Pollution, Environment, Irrigation, Water Districts
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