| Description |
240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. History and myth -- 2. Conspicuous consumption -- 3. Drained and diverted -- 4. The wetlands and the weather -- 5. Red state, green state -- 6. Destination : Florida -- 7. Water wars -- 8. Business in a bottle -- 9. Priceless -- 10. Water wildcatters -- 11. Technology's promise -- 12. Redemption and the river of grass |
| Summary |
"Part investigative journalism, part environmental history, Mirage reveals how the eastern half of the nation - historically so wet that early settlers predicted it would never even need irrigation - has squandered so much of its abundant freshwater that it now faces shortages and conflicts once unique to the arid West." "Told through a colorful cast of characters including Walt Disney, Jeb Bush and Texas oilman Boone Pickens, Mirage ferries the reader through the key water-supply issues facing America and the globe: water wars, the politics of development, inequities in the price of water, the bottled-water industry, privatization, and new-water-supply schemes."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index |
| Subject |
Water consumption -- Florida.
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Water consumption -- East (U.S.)
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Water conservation -- Florida.
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Water conservation -- East (U.S.)
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Water-supply -- Florida.
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Water-supply -- East (U.S.)
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| SUBJECT |
Florida http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79053995 -- Environmental conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384
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East (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005829 -- Environmental conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005384
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| LC no. |
2006036415 |
| ISBN |
9780472115631 cloth alkaline paper |
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0472115634 cloth alkaline paper |
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