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Sociology & Social Work

Books:

Boberg, J. (2005). Liquid assets: How demographic changes and water management policies affect freshwater resources. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corp.

Juuti, P., Katko, T. S., & Vuorinen, H. S. (2007). Environmental history of water: Global views on community water supply and sanitation. London: IWA Publishing.

Lach, D., Ingram, H., & Rayner, S. (2006). You never miss the water till the well runs dry: Crisis and creativity in California. In M. Verweij, & M. Thompson (Eds.), Clumsy solutions for a complex world (pp. 226-240). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Whiteley, J. M., Ingram, H., & Perry, R. (Eds.). (2008). Water, place and equity. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Media:

Articles:

Albrecht, D. E. (1995). A comparison of the views of farmers and the nonfarm public regarding resource use: The case of Texas groundwater. Southern Rural Sociology, 11(1), 1-16.

Baer, A. (1996). Not enough water to go round? International Social Science Journal, 48(2), 277-292.

Cortese, C. F. (2003). Conflicting uses of the river: Anticipated threats to the resource. Society & Natural Resources, 16(1), 1-18.

Dutcher, D. D., Finley, J. C., Luloff, A. E., & Johnson, J. (2004). Landowner perceptions of protecting and establishing riparian forests: A qualitative analysis. Society & Natural Resources, 17(4), 329-342.

Wescoat Jr. J.L., Headington L., & Theobald, R. (2007). Water and poverty in the United States. Geoforum, 38(5), 801-814.

 
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