| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Series |
The environment in modern North America ; volume 6 |
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Environment in modern North America ; v. 6.
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| Contents |
Legal limits, environmental misperceptions -- Las Vegas before the Law of the River -- Accepting the Law of the River -- 1989: an era of limits and the politics of scarcity -- The paradigm shift: becoming a metropolitan water agency -- Regime change: becoming the voice of Nevada -- Bringing power to bear: emergence of a regional strategy -- The last, worst option: the SNWA in-state groundwater development project -- A new regional paradigm: the Colorado River Basin Authority |
| Summary |
"Examines how natural and legal limitations to water spurred the creation of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, a unique water agency imbued with local, county, and state level authority, and how this agency made Las Vegas a major actor in the politics of the Colorado River"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index |
| Subject |
Southern Nevada Water Authority -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Southern Nevada Water Authority fast |
| Subject |
Water rights -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- History
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Water rights -- Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) -- History
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Water rights
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Nevada -- Las Vegas
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North America -- Colorado River Watershed
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021003507 |
| ISBN |
9780806176901 |
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0806176903 |
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