Water Transfers
Must the American West Be Won Again
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4491173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Quinn, Frank H Quinn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108 |
| Publication date | 1968-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/212834 |
| OpenAlex | W2335070444 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
rT I HE nineteenth-century American West' was won largely through the adjustment of rural communities to the limitations of local water availability. Today's West may still be a land of wide open spaces; its population, however, lives mainly in cities. It is, moreover, a population that seems determined to overcome, rather than adjust to, local environmental handicaps. The search for water supplies now extends beyond the nearest river basin
American west · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · American Environmental and Regional History · History · Water resources management and optimization
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2026 (52) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |