Last oasis : facing water scarcity /
Sandra Postel ; with a new introduction.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.
- xxxviii, 239 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
- The Worldwatch environmental alert series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An illusion of plenty -- Signs of scarcity -- Engineering's promise -- Bread and water -- Paradise lost -- Hydropolitics -- A world heating up -- Thrifty irrigation -- Small-scale solutions -- Wastewater no more -- Industrial recycling -- Conserving in cities -- Pricing, markets, and regulations -- A water ethic.