Water
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Damming the PeaceThe hidden costs of the Site C Dam |
Since the 1970s, the Site C Dam in northeastern British Columbia’s Peace River Valley has been touted by BC Hydro and successive governments as necessary to meet the province’s … | Wendy Holm | 272 | 2018 | View |
 Dry RunPreventing the Next Urban Water Crisis |
In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for … | Jerry Yudelson | 312 | 2010 | View |
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From Forward and PrefaceFrom: Dry Run |
For this book, I’ve chosen to focus on my first love in the professional world, water, a subject to which I devoted a considerable part of my early professional career. With the arrival of … | Jerry Yudelson | 7 | 2010 | $0.70 Add |
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From PrefaceFraming the Shot From: Damming the Peace |
B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of … | Alex Harris | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From A Short History of WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter you’ll learn a little of the fascinating history of water and civilization and how politics, economics and water have been part of the history of the US, especially of the … | Jerry Yudelson | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Burning PlanetFrom: Getting to Zero |
Explores the big picture of ongoing global warming, and the lack of impact to date of the Paris Accord. Summarizes the threat to soil, water, and air. | Tony Clarke | 23 | 2018 | $2.30 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Damming the Peace |
In the Introduction, author Wendy Holm describes the Site C dam project in B.C. and summarizes the impacts and effects of the project which are analyzed and critiqued in other chapters of the … | Wendy Holm | 5 | 2018 | $0.50 Add |
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From Energy Alternatives to the Site C Dam in a Climate-Challenged WorldFrom: Damming the Peace |
Sustainable energy expert Guy Dauncey looks at alternatives to the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley for meeting the electricity needs of British Columbia, and … | Guy Dauncey | 28 | 2018 | $2.80 Add |
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From Patterns of Water UseFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter, we look at where water comes from, how it is allocated among various uses and how much each individual uses. We’ll look briefly at water use in cities, homes and offices, … | Jerry Yudelson | 13 | 2010 | $1.30 Add |
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From Urban Water CrisesFrom: Dry Run |
Urban water crises are not just a thing of the future, they are happening all around us as long-term reductions in rainfall and runoff tie in with short-term multiyear droughts. In this chapter, … | Jerry Yudelson | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 Add |
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From Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the IcebergFrom: Damming the Peace |
David Schindler, one of the world’s foremost water ecologists, explains the role of major dams, like Site C in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, in Canada’s climate change strategy. He … | David Schindler | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From “That’s How We See It”Trauma and Indigenous Resistance From: Damming the Peace |
Journalist Andrew MacLeod interviews respected First Nations leader Helen Knott about the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on her community, and in … | Andrew MacLeod | 17 | 2018 | $1.70 Add |
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the ArtsFifty Million Farmers From: Peak Everything |
There are reasons to think that our current anomalous abundance of inexpensive food may be only temporary; if so, present and future generations may become acquainted with that old, formerly … | Richard Heinberg | 20 | 2010 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksWater and Sewage |
North America is abundant in lakes and rivers yet, in many regions, water resources are in critical supply. Costs for operating, maintaining and expanding sewage treatment facilities continue to … | Marc Roseland | 14 | 2012 | $1.40 Add |
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From Urban Water ManagementFrom: Dry Run |
What are the opportunities for urban water management in the coming decade, the second of this century? Where should cities be looking for means and methods to meet their water supply … | Jerry Yudelson | 22 | 2010 | $2.20 Add |
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From Bison, Blue Jays, Rainbow and WalleyePeace River Biodiversity From: Damming the Peace |
B.C. wildlife biologist Brian Churchill describes B.C.’s Peace River Valley’s unique biodiversity and what would be destroyed by the Site C dam under construction there. Adjacent to … | Brian Churchill | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
