The Southwest Under Stress: National Resource Development Issues in a Regional Setting

ISBN-13: 9780801827082 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 286 str.

F. Lee Brown

Opis

Southwest Under Stress examines the development-environment conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It emphasizes three issues with implications that extend far beyond the Southwest: water---its quantity, quality, and allocation; environment---how and to what extent it should be preserved; and the future of Native American and other poverty-stricken peoples. Energy comes in for special attention because the Southwest is a principal repository of fossil and nuclear fuels. This book serves as a guide for public policy in the region, and many of the policy alternatives set out are aimed at state and local governments. Alleviating poverty, improving the lot of Native Americans, and formulating workable water, environmental, and natural resources development policies are all of special concern to the region, but the federal government has asserted a dominant role in may of these areas. The book discusses ways in which the federal role may change to improve both federal policy itself and cooperation with other levels of government.

Spis treści

Part I Background; Chapter 1 The Southwest; Chapter 2 A Profile of the Southwest Region; Part II Water in the Southwest; Chapter 3 Water Supply and Use; Chapter 4 Conflicting Claims to Southwestern Water; Part III Air Quality and Other Environmental Issues; Chapter 5 Sketch of National Air Quality Legislation; Chapter 6 Operation of Stationary Source Regulations and a Policy Alternative; Chapter 7 Mobile Sources and Policy Alternatives at the State and Local Level; Chapter 8 Effects of Energy Development on Recreational Resources; Part IV Who Benefits from Economic Development?; Chapter 9 Economic Effects of Large-Scale Energy Development in the Southwest; Chapter 10 The Special Case of the Navajos; Chapter 11 A Perspective;

O autorze

Kneese, Allen V. ; Brown, F. Lee