Book ID: CBB130455937

Water and agriculture in Colorado and the American West : First in line for the Rio Grande (2021)

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David Stiller (Author)


University of Nevada Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 165
Language: English

Water and Agriculture in Colorado and the American West: First in Line for the Rio Grande is a chronicle of drought and water shortages throughout the rapidly growing American West, where long-established agricultural water rights play an increasingly critical role in problematic attempts to satisfy agricultural and urban needs in the region. (Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Andrews, Thomas
DeJong, David H.
Frank, Jerry J.
Freeman, John
Gulliford, Andrew
Miller, Char
Journals
Historical Archaeology
Publishers
University of Nebraska Press
University Press of Colorado
Texas A&M University Press
Cambridge University Press
Duke University Press
Harvard University Press
Concepts
Environmental history
Water supply
Water resource management
Agriculture
Land use
Water
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Colorado (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
United States
Rocky Mountains (U.S.)
Mexico
New Mexico (U.S.)
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