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The Southwest under stress : national resource development issues in a regional setting / Allen V. Kneese, F. Lee Brown ; with contributions by Frederick R. Anderson ... [and others].
LIBRA HC107.A165 K58
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kneese, Allen V.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental policy--Southwest, New.
- Environmental policy.
- Water resources development--Southwest, New.
- Water resources development.
- Energy policy--Southwest, New.
- Energy policy.
- Poor--Southwest, New.
- Poor.
- New Southwest.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Published for Resources for the Future by the Johns Hopkins University Press, [1981]
- Summary:
- 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 peoples. Energy comes in for special attention because the Southwest is a principal repository of fossil and nuclear fuels.This book serves as a guide for public policy in the region, and many of the policy alternatives set out are aimed at state and local governments. Alleviating poverty, improving the lot of Native Americans, and formulating workable water, environmental, and natural resources development policies are all of special concern to the region, but the federal government has asserted a dominant role in may of these areas. The book discusses ways in which the federal role may change to improve both federal policy itself and cooperation with other levels of government.
- Notes:
- "A capstone report on the Southwest Region under Stress Project ... 1973 through 1978"--Pref.
- Bibliography: pages 251-264.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0801827078 :
- 0801827086
- OCLC:
- 7671288
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