Ethnobiology for the Future - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnobiology for the Future write by Gary Paul Nabhan. This book was released on 2016-04-15. Ethnobiology for the Future available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The book centers on a call to define/redefine the field of ethnobiology and the need for doing so. It points a major way forward for ethnobiology: toward engagement with people and communities that are saving ecosystems and lifestyles through reviving traditional agricultural items and techniques, and integrating them into the contemporary world"--Provided by publisher.
Fuel for Growth
Fuel for Growth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fuel for Growth write by Douglas E. Kupel. This book was released on 2022-06-21. Fuel for Growth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cities in the arid West would not be what they are today without water and the technology needed to deliver it to users. The history of water development in Arizona goes hand in hand with the state's economic growth, and Arizona's future is inextricably tied to this scarce resource. Fuel for Growth describes and interprets the history of water resource development and its relationship to urban development in Arizona's three signature cities: Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff. These three urban areas could hardly be more different: a growth-oriented metropolis, an environmentally conscious city with deep cultural roots, and an outdoor-friendly mountain town. Despite these differences, their community leaders and public officials have taken similar approaches to developing water resources with varying degrees of success and acceptance. Douglas Kupel has created a new vision of water history based on the Arizona experience. He challenges many of the traditional assumptions of environmental history by revealing that the West's aridity has had relatively little impact on the development of municipal water infrastructure in these cities. While urban growth in the West is often characterized as the product of an elite group of water leaders, the development of Arizona's cities is shown to reflect the broad aspirations of all their citizens. The book traces water development from the era of private water service to municipal ownership of water utilities and examines the impact of the post-World War II boom and subsequent expansion. Taking in the Salt River Project, the Central Arizona Project, and the Groundwater Management Act of 1980, Kupel explores the ongoing struggle between growth and environmentalism. He advocates public policy measures that can sustain a water future for the state. As the urban West enters a new century of water management, Arizona's progress will increasingly be tied to that of its ever-expanding cities. Fuel for Growth documents an earlier era of urban water use and provides important recommendations for the future path of water development in the West's key population centers.
Science Be Dammed
Science Be Dammed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science Be Dammed write by Eric Kuhn. This book was released on 2019-11-26. Science Be Dammed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.
Vision 2025
Vision 2025 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vision 2025 write by Center for the Future of Arizona. This book was released on 2015. Vision 2025 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Arizona We Want
The Arizona We Want - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Arizona We Want write by Center for the Future of Arizona. This book was released on 2009. The Arizona We Want available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
