Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-200) and index.
Contents:
A reexamination of Owens Valley and Western water -- The Owens Valley syndrome -- The history of the Owens Valley-to-Los Angeles water and land exchange -- The bargaining costs of land and water rights exchanges in Owens Valley -- The gains of exchange and the origin of the notion of theft -- Water rights and water reallocation in Owens Valley, 1935-2006 -- Water rights and water reallocation in the Mono Basin, 1935-2006 -- The costs of judicial reallocation of water rights and the public trust doctrine -- Concluding thoughts about Owens Valley and Western water.
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