Last oasis : facing water scarcity / Sandra Postel ; with a new introduction.
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TextSeries: The Worldwatch environmental alert seriesPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c1997.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxviii, 239 p. : ill., map ; 21 cmISBN: - 0393317447 (pbk.)
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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.