Zimmerman Interstate Water Compacts

Intergovernmental Efforts to Manage America's Water Resources
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4384-4449-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Examines intergovernmental efforts within the United States to manage the nation's water supply.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zimmerman, Joseph F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. The Importance of Water

2. The Compact Device

3. Water Allocation Compact

4. Development, Flood Control, and Pollution Abatement

5. The Supreme Court’s Original Jurisdiction

6. Interstate Compact Controversies

7. A Water Action Plan

Appendix A: Interstate Compacts Granted Consent of Congress
Appendix B: Federal Interstate Compacts
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph F. Zimmerman is Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His many books include Horizontal Federalism: Interstate Relations; Interstate Cooperation, Second Edition: Compacts and Administrative Agreements; and State-Local Governmental Interactions, all published by SUNY Press.