Water, culture, and power : local struggles in a global context / edited by John M. Donahue and Barbara Rose Johnston.
| Other author | Donahue, John M. |
| Other author | Johnston, Barbara Rose. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Cover title | Water, culture & power |
| Contents | Introduction / Barbara Rose Johnston and John M. Donahue -- Use and abuse of aquifers: can the Hopi Indians survive multinational mining? / Peter Whiteley and Vernon Masayesva -- Water rights in the Pacific Northwest / Tom Greaves -- "A River that Was Once so Strong and Deep": local reflections on the Eastmain Diversion, James Bay hydroelectric project / Kreg Ettenger -- Balancing the waters: development and hydropolitics in contemporary Zimbabwe / Bill Derman -- Water, rights, and the El Cajon Dam, Honduras / William M. Loker. |
| Contents | Water resource development and its effects on the human community: the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Southeastern United States / Claudia M. Rogers -- Transacting a commons: the Lake Biwa Comprehensive Development Plan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan / James E. Nickum and Daniel Greenstadt -- Big Canal: the political ecololgy of the Central Arizona project / Thomas E. Sheridan -- Water wars in South Texas: managing the Edwards Aquifer / John M. Donahue -- Gender and society in Bangladesh's Flood Action Plan / Suzanne Hanchett, Jesmin Akhter, and Kazi Rozana Akhter. |
| Contents | Reversal of tides: drinking water quality in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico / M. Brian Riley, Arthur D. Murphy, and Miguel Angel Mendez Rosado -- Water, power, and environmental health in tourism development: the Bay Islands, Honduras / Susan C. Stonich, Jerrel H. Sorensen, and Gus W. Salbador -- Culture, power, and the hydrological cycle: creating and responding to water scarcity on St. Thomas, Virgin Islands / Barbara Rose Johnston -- Water between Arabs and Israelis: researching twice promised resources / Rosina Hassoun. |
| Local note | Little-311615--305131016499% |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-375) and index. |
| LCCN | 97041051 |
| ISBN | 1559635223 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1559635215 |