Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index.
Contents
ch. 1. Hold back the sea : climate shock and rising waters -- ch. 2. A sin of scale : the great projects -- ch. 3. A thousand valleys : river basins and utopian dreams -- ch. 4. Dry, drier, driest : greening the desert -- ch. 5. Predicaments : power and water -- ch. 6. Raging rivers : living in floodplains -- ch. 7. The wars -- ch. 8. Praying for rain -- Epilogue : the Everglades.
