Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty

Download or read book Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty written by Daniel Anthony and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the American Southwest faces its deepest drought in history, this book explores the provocative notion of "water bankruptcy" with a view towards emphasizing the diversity and complexity of water issues in this region. It bridges between the narratives of growth and the strategies or policies adopted to pursue competing agendas and circumvent the inevitable. A window of opportunity provided by this current long-term drought may be used to induce change by dealing with threats that derive from imbalances between growth patterns and available resources, the primary cause of scarcity.