1st Edition
The Southwest Under Stress National Resource Development Issues in a Regional Setting
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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Southwest Under Stress examines the development-environment conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It emphasizes three issues with implications that extend far beyond the Southwest: water---its quantity, quality, and allocation; environment---how and to what extent it should be preserved; and the future of Native American and other poverty-stricken... Read more
Part I Background; Chapter 1 The Southwest; Chapter 2 A Profile of the Southwest Region; Part II Water in the Southwest; Chapter 3 Water Supply and Use; Chapter 4 Conflicting Claims to Southwestern Water; Part III Air Quality and Other Environmental Issues; Chapter 5 Sketch of National Air Quality Legislation; Chapter 6 Operation of Stationary Source Regulations and a Policy Alternative; Chapter 7 Mobile Sources and Policy Alternatives at the State and Local Level; Chapter 8 Effects of Energy Development on Recreational Resources; Part IV Who Benefits from Economic Development?; Chapter 9 Economic Effects of Large-Scale Energy Development in the Southwest; Chapter 10 The Special Case of the Navajos; Chapter 11 A Perspective;
Biography
Kneese, Allen V. ; Brown, F. Lee
