Books by Sandra Postel

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  Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity

  Sandra Postel

  Paperback, 1999

  As we approach the twenty-first century, we are entering a new era-an era of water scarcity.
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  Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?

  Sandra Postel

  Paperback, 1999

  The overriding lesson from history is that most irrigation-based civilizations fail. As we enter the third millennium the question arises: Will ours be any different?
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  Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy

  Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, Sandra Postel

  Paperback, 1991

  The authors of the highly acclaimed State of the World series elaborate upon their vision of a global economy that does not destroy its own natural support systems.
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  State of the World 2000: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Towards a Sustainable Society

  The Worldwatch Institute, Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, Hilary F. French, Sandra Postel, Linda Starke

  Paperback, 2000

  State of the World 2000 shines an intense light on the great challenge our civilization faces: how to use our political systems to manage the difficult and complex relationships between the global...