Southwest under stress: national resource-development issues in a regional setting
This book examines the development-environmental conflict in the four contiguous states of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. It emphasizes three issues with implications that extend beyond the Southwest: water, its quantity, quality, and allocation; environment, how and to what extent it should be preserved; and the future of Indian and other poverty-stricken people. Energy receives special attention because the Southwest is a principal repository of fossil and nuclear fuels. The authors are convinced that too little attention is given to the local functioning of national policymaking and implementation. The book discusses ways in which the federal role may change to improve both federal policy itself and cooperation with other levels of government. 144 references, 16 figures, 50 tables.
- OSTI ID:
- 5401225
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ADVERSARIES
COOPERATION
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FEDERAL REGION VI
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
IMPLEMENTATION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
NORTH AMERICA
PUBLIC POLICY
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
USA