Water conflicts in the Western United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12407264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl Boronkay (Metropolitan Museum of Art, corresponding author), Warren J Abbott (The Metropolitan Opera (United States)) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-166 |
| Publication date | 1997-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-610X • E-ISSN: 1521-0731 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10576109708436030 |
| OpenAlex | W1993642050 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Water development and use in the Western United States has been fraught with conflicts, primarily because most areas west of the 100th meridian are water deficient. This is exemplified by California where the majority of available water is in the northern part of the state, while most of the population is concentrated in the semi‐arid south. Several examples of past conflicts are cited. Three current conflicts are examined in detail: the so‐called Miller‐Bradley Central Valley Project Improvement Act that instituted water marketing; the efforts by agricultural interests to reorder the allocation of water during shortages of the State Water Project pursuant to its contracts at the expense of urban interests; and the attempts by urban interest groups in Southern Nevada and Southern California to reallocate Colorado River water
Agriculture · American west · Archaeology · Arid · Economic shortage · Environmental planning · Geography · Political science · Population · Sociology · State (computer science · Water conservation · Water development · Water resource management · Water resources · Water scarcity · Water supply · Water trading · American Environmental and Regional History · Engineering · Environmental Science · History · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Water resources management and optimization · Environmental Engineering · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |