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Thirsty city : politics, greed, and the making of Atlanta's water crisis / Skye Borden.
Van Pelt Library TD225.A82 B67 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borden, Skye, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Georgia--Atlanta--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Water consumption--Georgia--Atlanta.
- Water consumption.
- Water resources development--Georgia--Atlanta.
- Water resources development.
- Management.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Economic conditions.
- Atlanta (Ga.).
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Politics and government.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Environmental conditions.
- Ecology.
- Economic history.
- Political science.
- Water-supply--Management.
- Georgia--Atlanta.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 187 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1 Life before the Chattahoochee 1
- 2 Tapping the 'Hooch 15
- 3 Water to the People 29
- 4 Taming the Flow 45
- 5 Urbanization and Its Discontents 59
- 6 Suburban Explosion 73
- 7 Urban Decay 89
- 8 Water War, Part I 103
- 9 Water War, Part II 121.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1438452799
- 9781438452791
- OCLC:
- 859061597
- Publisher Number:
- 99961661001
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