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Fuel for growth : water and Arizona's urban environment / Douglas E. Kupel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kupel, Douglas E. (Douglas Edward), 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal water supply--Government policy--Arizona.
- Municipal water supply.
- Water resources development--Arizona.
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply--Arizona--Phoenix.
- Water-supply.
- Water-supply--Arizona--Tucson.
- Water-supply--Arizona--Flagstaff.
- Municipal water supply--Government policy.
- Arizona--Flagstaff.
- Arizona--Tucson.
- Arizona--Phoenix.
- Arizona.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- "Despite water being a constant concern for its inhabitants, the water History of Arizona has been largely ignored in comparison to other western states. But because Arizona is different from other areas in the arid West--most notably California--a study of its water History offers a different perspective from traditional treatments of water and the environment. This new perspective charts a divergent course from the West's water icons of Donald Worster's Rivers of Empire and Marc Reisner's Cadillac Desert....
- Contents:
- Part I The Geographic and Cultural Background 1
- 1 Physical Patterns on the Land 3
- 2 Prehistoric, Spanish, and Mexican Antecedents 11
- Part II The Fledgling Cities, 1825-1912 23
- 3 First Impressions: Early American Settlement in Arizona 25
- 4 Water Entrepreneurs: The Private Era 37
- 5 The Drive for Municipal Ownership 56
- 6 Strengthening Municipal Ownership 69
- Part III Maturation, 1912-1950 85
- 7 Municipal Achievements, 1912-1929 87
- 8 Big Brother Arrives: The Depression Decade 104
- 9 World War II 121
- 10 The Postwar Boom to 1950 135
- Part IV Transformation since 1950 153
- 11 Confronting the Urban Influx, 1950-1963 155
- 12 Mastering the Present, Facing the Future 170
- 13 Environmental Reactions since 1980 184
- 14 Planning for the Future: Reuse, Recharge, Restoration 206
- 15 A New Water Vision for Urban Arizona 221.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [264]-280) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816521697
- OCLC:
- 50243113
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