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peer-reviewed research article

Is California's future hydraulically sustainable?

authors

Richard E. Howitt, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics

publication information

California Agriculture 54(2):10-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v054n02p10. March-April 2000.

Summary

Because hydraulic societies are ecologically unstable, California should consider a more decentralized, resilient water-distribution model.

author affiliations

R.E. Howitt is Professor, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, UC Davis.