Florida's water : a fragile resource in a vulnerable state /

This book poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and event...

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Main Author: Swihart, Thomas L., 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : RFF Press, 2011
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : c2011
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