Description
The Rio Grande was ancient long before the first humans reached its banks. These days, the highly regulated river looks nothing like it did to those early settlers. Alternately viewed as a valuable ecosystem and life-sustaining foundation of community welfare or a commodity to be engineered to yield maximum economic benefit, the Rio Grande has brought many advantages to those who live in its valley, but the benefits have come at a price.
This study examines human interactions with the Rio Grande from prehistoric time to the present day and explores what possibilities remain for the desert river. From the perspectives of law, development, tradition, and geology, the authors weigh what has been gained and lost by reining in the Rio Grande.
Author: Fred M. Phillips, G. Emlen Hall, Mary E. Black
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 07/15/2015
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780826349446
ISBN10: 0826349447
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Environmental Science (see also Chemistry | Environmental)
- Social Science | Human Geography
- History | Historical Geography