Overview

Were water considered an industry, it would be one of the largest in the United States, surely the most capital-intensive, and the most closely regulated by Congress. Yet as Peter Rogers argues in this scientifically-grounded assessment, it would also be one of the least coherent areas of public policy. Rogers brings together all aspects of water use to look at policy formation from technical, economic and political points of view. He shows why these separate perspectives must be considered simultaneously if intelligent policies are to be developed to protect this indispensible resource for present and future generations.

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Author:   Peter Rogers
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780262680905

ISBN 10:   0262680904
Pages:   297
Publication Date:   28 February 1996
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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America's Water offers timely background on water policy history and failures essential to an adequate understanding of how to reform federal policy in the 21st century. Given the nature of the current difficult debate over reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act, one can only hope that some of his insights make it into the national water agenda. --Peter Gleick, Issues in Science and Technology

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Peter Rogers is Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City Planning at Harvard University.

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