Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity

Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity
ISBN-10
0393317447
ISBN-13
9780393317442
Category
Water conservation
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Sandra Postel

Description

Argues that a long history of mismanagement of water resources has endangered our water supplies, suggests ways to conserve water, and discusses the economic, political, and social aspects of water

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