All the Water the Law Allows
Las Vegas and Colorado River Politics
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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8061-6932-3
- EAN: 9780806169323
- Produktnummer: 36008357
- Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 268 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 524 g
- Abbildungen: 15 b&w illustrations, 4 maps
- Gewicht: 524
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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