Independent Study

Cech, Thomas V. “Historical Perspective of Water Use and Development.” Chapter 1 in Principles of Water Resources: History, Development, Management, and Policy . Wiley, 2002. ISBN: 9780471438618.

Gordon, David M. “From Sacred Ownership to Colonial Commons: Water Tenure Systems in Central Africa.” Chapter 2 in A History of Water: Volume III: The World of Water . Edited by Terje Tvedt and Terje Oestigaard. I. B. Tauris, 2006, pp. 18–37. ISBN: 9781850434474.

Worster, Donald. “Water in the Age of Imperialism — and Beyond.” Chapter 1 in A History of Water: Volume III: The World of Water . Edited by Terje Tvedt and Terje Oestigaard. I. B. Tauris, 2006, pp. 5–17. ISBN: 9781850434474.

Cech, Thomas V. “The Hydrologic Cycle, Climate, and Weather.” Chapter 2 in Principles of Water Resources: History, Development, Management, and Policy . Wiley, 2002. ISBN: 9780471438618.

Pennington, Karrie Lynn, and Thomas V. Cech. “Water Allocation Law.” Chapter 12 in Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues . Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521869881.

Malone, Patrick M. Chapters 1 and 2 in Waterpower in Lowell: Engineering and Industry in Nineteenth-Century America . Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780801893063.

Pennington, Karrie Lynn, and Thomas V. Cech. “Roles of Federal, Regional, State and Local Water Management Agencies.” Chapter 13 in Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues . Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521869881.

Gleick, Peter H. “Three Gorges Dam Project, Yangtze River, China.” In The World’s Water 2008–2009 . Island Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781597265058.

The Big Dam Debate and the Three Gorges Project . Edited by Susan Murcott. Special Issue of Boston Society of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering Practice 12, no. 1 (1997).

Economy, Elizabeth C. “The New Politics of the Environment.” Chapter 5 in The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future . Cornell University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780801442209.

Pennington, Karrie Lynn, and Thomas V. Cech. “Dams and Reservoirs.” Chapter 10 in Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues . Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521869881.

Palaniappan, Meena, and Peter H. Gleick. “Peak Water.” Chapter 1 in The World’s Water 2008–2009 . Island Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781597265058.

Carson, Rachel. “A Fable for Tomorrow.” Chapter 1 in Silent Spring . Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. ISBN: 9780618249060.

———. “Surface Waters and Underground Seas.” Chapter 4 in Silent Spring . Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. ISBN: 9780618249060.

Cech, Thomas V. “Water Quality.” Chapter 10 in Principles of Water Resources: History, Development, Management, and Policy . Wiley, 2002. ISBN: 9780471438618.

Davis, Mackenzie L., and David A. Cornwell. “Water Treatment.” Chapter 4 in Introduction to Environmental Engineering . 4th ed. McGraw Hill, 2006. ISBN: 9780072424119.

Cooley, Heather. “Water Management in a Changing Climate.” Chapter 3 in The World’s Water 2008-2009 . Edited by Peter H. Gleick. Island Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781597265058.

Draper, Stephen E., ed. “Water Allocation Strategies.” Section 5 in Sharing Water in Times of Scarcity . American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006. ISBN: 9780784408469.

Pennington, Karrie Lynn, and Thomas V. Cech. “Watershed Basics.” Chapter 5 in Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues . Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780521869881.

Ludwig, Art. “Thinking About Water.” Chapter 1 in Water Storage . Oasis Design, 2005. ISBN: 9780964343368.

———. “Ways to Store.” Chapter 2 in Water Storage . Oasis Design, 2005. ISBN: 9780964343368.

Hoekstra, A. Y., and A. K. Capagain. “Water Footprints of Nations: Water Use by People as a Function of Their Consumption Pattern.” In Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change . Edited by Eric Craswell, Mike Bonnell, et al. Springer, 2007. ISBN: 9781402055904.

Falkenmark, Malin. “Shifts in Thinking to Address the 21st Century Hunger Gap.” In Integrated Assessment of Water Resources and Global Change . Edited by Eric Craswell, Mike Bonnell, et al. Springer, 2007. ISBN: 9781402055904.

WEEK #: 14 · TOPICS: Student presentations; Water visions: The next 50 years · READINGS: Postel, Sandra. “In Harmony with Earth’s Water Cycle.” Chapter 21 in The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today . Edited by Mike Wallace. Thomas Nelson, 2008. ISBN: 9780849903700.