Abstract
Provides an overview of how aridity in the American West has influenced that region's economic, environmental, and political development and U.S. Government policies in this region.
Keywords
aridity, dryness, water policy, government policy, drought, environmental policy
Date of this Version
5-2013
DOI
10.4135/9781452276076.n53
Recommended Citation
Chapman, Bert, "Aridity" (2013). Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research. Paper 28.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452276076.n53
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Comments
Appears in Encylopedia of Politics of the American West. Steven L. Danver, ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: CQ Press, 2013. 1:180-181.