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- catalog abstract ""In Pillar of Sand, author Sandra Postel examines the challenges to our modern irrigation society - from mounting water scarcity and salinization of soils to rising tensions between countries over shared rivers. She explores irrigation's role in the rise and fall of early civilizations and connects the lessons of the past with the challenge of making irrigation thrive into the twenty-first century and beyond." "Pillar of Sand points the way toward protecting rivers and vital ecosystems even as we aim to produce enough food for a projected 8 billion people by the year 2030. Postel shows how innovative irrigation technologies and strategies can alleviate hunger and environmental stress at the same time. And she calls for a new ethic of sufficiency and sharing in response to impending water limits."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Can the irrigation miracle last?".
- catalog contributor b11312327.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""In Pillar of Sand, author Sandra Postel examines the challenges to our modern irrigation society - from mounting water scarcity and salinization of soils to rising tensions between countries over shared rivers. She explores irrigation's role in the rise and fall of early civilizations and connects the lessons of the past with the challenge of making irrigation thrive into the twenty-first century and beyond." "Pillar of Sand points the way toward protecting rivers and vital ecosystems even as we aim to produce enough food for a projected 8 billion people by the year 2030. Postel shows how innovative irrigation technologies and strategies can alleviate hunger and environmental stress at the same time. And she calls for a new ethic of sufficiency and sharing in response to impending water limits."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "New Light on an Old Debate -- History Speaks -- Irrigation's Modern Era -- Running Out -- A Faustian Bargain -- Water Wars I: Farms Versus Cities and Nature -- Water Wars II: Irrigation and the Politics of Scarcity -- The Productivity Frontier -- Thinking Big About Small-Scale Irrigation -- The Players and the Rules -- Listening to Ozymandias.".
- catalog extent "xv, 313 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0393319377".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog subject "Irrigation.".
- catalog subject "S618 .P67 1999".
- catalog subject "Water conservation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "New Light on an Old Debate -- History Speaks -- Irrigation's Modern Era -- Running Out -- A Faustian Bargain -- Water Wars I: Farms Versus Cities and Nature -- Water Wars II: Irrigation and the Politics of Scarcity -- The Productivity Frontier -- Thinking Big About Small-Scale Irrigation -- The Players and the Rules -- Listening to Ozymandias.".
- catalog title "Can the irrigation miracle last?".
- catalog title "Pillar of sand : can the irrigation miracle last? / Sandra Postel.".
- catalog type "text".