Water and the California Dream: Choices for the New Millennium
Editorial Reviews
T. H. Watkins, Wallace Stegner Professor of Western American Studies, Montana State University
"...inventive and informative text ...[California's] infatuation with limitless growth...may create a world too ugly to contemplate."
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“Carle's analysis of the impact of an ever-expanding need for water on the past and future of California is well done, so much so that his book has enormous value to those wrestling with issues of sustainability anywhere. Carle is affiliated with the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, placing him in the story of water decisions in California, and his academic position gives him the skills to teach readers. In this thorough historical analysis of how California changed from a frontier to a place where growth seemed to be the only possible option, Carle delineates the various choices that were made in quenching the growth-frenzied thirst....This well-written study...is suitable for anyone interested in growth and related environmental issues....Overall, strongly recommended.”–
“...in any endlessly growing population, the challenges of dealing with fixed water supply become more and more difficult, the pressures to develop new sources become greater, and the risk of a renwal of ecological decline and loss returns. Any efforts we make will be undermined or even reversed by a population that continues to endlessly grow. Sustainability can only be achieved with a steady-state population, and while Carle is not the first to make this point, it deserves a higher place in the debate over our water future.”–
“The story of this "land larceny," and others to come, has as many twists and turns as a good film noir (and became just that, in "Chinatown"), and as much violence. Carle spares no one's reputation in the telling.”–
“[T]his book is ultimately hopeful and positive. By examining California's watery past, perhaps we can avoid making the same mistakes.”–
“Imported water has transformed the environment of California and its quality of life. In the last two hundred years, land ownership patterns and real estate boom have dramatically altered both urban and rural communities. This book argues that the key to this transformation has been access to water from the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River, and the northern California rivers.”–
Water and the California Dream: Choices for the New Millennium
Water and the California Dream: Choices for the New Millennium,David Carle,Sierra Club Books,1578050952,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,General,Nature,Nature/Ecology,United States - State & Local - General,Volcanoes,California,Conservation of the environment,Local history,Management of land & natural resources,Nature / General
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