Water wars: drought, flood, folly, and the politics of thirst

Sweet water

Hold back the sea : climate shock and rising waters

A sin of scale : the great projects

A thousand valleys : river basins and utopian dreams

Dry, drier, driest : greening the desert

Predicaments : power and water

Raging rivers : living in floodplains

The wars

Praying for rain

The everglades.

Introduction: Sweet Water 1 --

Chapter 1 Hold Back the Sea: Climate Shock and Rising Waters 15 --

Chapter 2 A Sin of Scale: The Great Projects 45 --

Chapter 3 A Thousand Valleys: River Basins and Utopian Dreams 71 --

Chapter 4 Dry, Drier, Driest: Greening the Desert 95 --

Chapter 5 Predicaments: Power and Water 123 --

Chapter 6 Raging Rivers: Living in Floodplains 153 --

Chapter 7 Wars 173 --

Chapter 8 Praying for Rain 195 --

Epilogue: The Everglades 217.