Dr. Robert Jerome Glennon J.D. Ph.D - Unquenchable_ America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It (2009, Island Press)

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5、0987654321ToKarenSpiritofthewaterGiveusallthecourageandthegraceTomakegeniusofthistragedyunfoldingThegeniustosavethisplace.—JoniMitchellContentsIntroduction1PartI.TheCrisis21Chapter1.Atlanta’sPrayerforWater23Chapter2.WealthandtheCultureofWaterConsumption37

6、Chapter3.OurThirstforEnergy51Chapter4.FoulingOurOwnNests65Chapter5.TheCrisisMasked77PartII.RealandSurrealSolutions103Chapter6.BusinessasUsual105Chapter7.WaterAlchemists135Chapter8.TheAncientMariner’sLament147Chapter9.ShallWeDrinkPee?161Chapter10.CreativeC

7、onservation171Chapter11.WaterHarvesting183Chapter12.Moore’sLaw195PartIII.ANewApproach203Chapter13.TheEnigmaoftheWaterCloset205Chapter14.TheDiamond–WaterParadox221Chapter15.TheSteelDeal231Chapter16.PrivatizationofWater243Chapter17.TaketheMoneyandRun253Chap

8、ter18.TheFutureofFarming273XICONTENTSChapter19.EnvironmentalTransfers285Chapter20.TheBuffalo’sLament301Conclusion:ABlueprintforReform315Epilogue:TheSaltonSea327Acknowledgments335ListofFigures339Sources341Index401XI