Abstract
Foreword Acknowledgements 1. The West in profile Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Diana C. Gibbons 2. The Great American Desert transformed: aridity, exploitation, and imperialism in the making of the modern American west Norris Hundley, Jr. 3. The Central valley of California Charles V. Moore and Richard E. Howitt 4. Land and water management issues: Texas high plains Ronald D. Lacewell and John G. Lee 5. Water resources of the Upper Colorado river basin: problems and policy alternatives Charles W. Howe and W. Ashley Ahrems 6. Growth and water in the South Coast basin of California Henry J. Vaux, Jr. 7. Toward sustaining a desert metropolis: water and land use in Tucson, Arizona William E. Martin, Helen M. Ingrm, Dennis C. Cory and Mary G. Wallace 8. Water management issues in the Denver, Colorado, urban area J. Gordon Milliken 9. New water policies for the West Mohamed T. El-Ashry and Diana C. Gibbons Appendix Index.
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