Bibliograph

Owens Valley revisited, a reassessment of the West's first great water transfer, Gary D. Libecap

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Owens Valley revisited, a reassessment of the West's first great water transfer, Gary D. Libecap

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-200) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Owens Valley revisited

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

80180228

Responsibility statement

Gary D. Libecap

Sub title

a reassessment of the West's first great water transfer

Table Of Contents

A reexamination of Owens Valley and Western water -- The Owens Valley syndrome -- The history of the Owens Valley-to-Los Angeles water and land exchange -- The bargaining costs of land and water rights exchanges in Owens Valley -- The gains of exchange and the origin of the notion of "theft" -- Water rights and water reallocation in Owens Valley, 1935-2006 -- Water rights and water reallocation in the Mono Basin, 1935-2006 -- The costs of judicial reallocation of water rights and the public trust doctrine -- Concluding thoughts about Owens Valley and Western water

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