Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Economic Research Institute Study paper

Volume

84

Issue

3

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

8-1-1984

First Page

1

Last Page

20

Abstract

The contradiction inherent in a potentially hydraulic landscape is manifest. Such a landscape has an insufficient rainfall or none at all, but it possesses other accessible sources of water supply. If man decides to utilize such sources, he may transform dry lands into fertile fields and gardens. He may, but will he? What makes him engage in an adventure which involves great effort and which is fraught with highly problematic institutional consequences?


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