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9780393319378

Pillar of Sand Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393319378

  • ISBN10:

    0393319377

  • Edition: 00
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-07-17
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

The overriding lesson from history is that most irrigation-based civilizations fail. As we enter the third millennium, the question arises: Will ours be any different?

Author Biography

Sandra Postel directs the Global Water Policy Project.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
New Light on an Old Debatep. 3
History Speaksp. 13
Irrigation's Modern Erap. 40
Running Outp. 65
A Faustian Bargainp. 91
Water Wars I: Farms Versus Cities and Naturep. 110
Water Wars II: Irrigation and the Politics of Scarcityp. 133
The Productivity Frontierp. 164
Thinking Big About Small-Scale Irrigationp. 201
The Players and the Rulesp. 228
Listening to Ozymandiasp. 254
Notesp. 265
Indexp. 303
About the Authorp. 313
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