Sandra Postel and the Global Water Policy Project

Publications (Partial List)

Books

Postel, Sandra and Brian Richter. 2003. Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature (Washington, D.C.: Island Press). Also appears in Japanese and Chinese.
Postel, Sandra. 1999. Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? (New York: W.W. Norton). Also published in Japanese and Tamil.
Postel, Sandra. 1992, rev. 1997. Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity (New York: W.W. Norton). Also published in Arabic, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Persian, and Spanish.
Brown, L.R., Flavin, C., Postel, S., 1991. Saving the Planet: How to Shape an Environmentally Sustainable Global Economy, (New York: W.W. Norton).

Selected Papers, Chapters and Articles

Sandra Postel has authored more than 100 articles, chapters, and papers. A selected list follows.

Postel, Sandra. The Missing Piece: A Water Ethic, The American Prospect, Special Report: The Global Freshwater Crisis, June 2008.
Postel, Sandra. The Forgotten Infrastructure: Safeguarding Freshwater Ecosystems, Journal of International Affairs, Spring-Summer 2008.
Postel, Sandra. In Harmony with Earth's Water Cycle, in The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today: 60 of the World's Greatest Minds Share their Vision of the Next Half Century, Mike Wallace, ed., Thomas Nelson, 2008.
Postel, Sandra. Ecological Infrastructure: The Mounting Price and Risk of Neglect, IMPACT, publication of the American Water Resources Association, March 2008.
Postel, Sandra. China's Unquenchable Thirst, World Watch, November/December 2007.
Postel, Sandra. Sharing the River Out of Eden, Natural History, November 2007.
Postel, Sandra. How a White Dolphin Sounded a Global Alarm, Science & Spirit, July 2007.
Postel, Sandra. 2007. Aquatic Ecosystem Protection and Drinking Water Utilities, Journal AWWA 99:2 (February): 52-63.
Postel, Sandra, 2006. To Save a Sturgeon, The Nature Conservancy.
Diamond, J.M. et al. 2006. Amici Curiae Scientists Brief, submitted to U.S. Supreme Court in Rapanos and Carabell cases (January 12).
Postel, S. L. 2006. For Our Thirsty World, Efficiency or Else (book review), Science 313:1046-1047.
Postel, Sandra. 2005. From the Headwaters to the Sea: The Critical Need to Protect Freshwater Ecosystems. Environment (December).
Postel, Sandra. 2005. Thirst and Abundance in the Twenty-First Century: The Politics of Water. Spoken Words: Notable Speeches and Remarks, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Postel, Sandra. 2005. Nature's Squeeze - Man's Response: Distinctions Between Natural and Not-So-Natural Disasters. Christian Science Monitor, (September 7).
Postel, Sandra. 2005. Liquid Assets: The Critical Need to Safeguard Freshwater Ecosystems (Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute).
Postel, Sandra and Barton H. Thompson, Jr. 2005. Watershed Protection: Capturing the Benefits of Nature's Water Supply Services. Natural Resources Forum (May).
Postel, Sandra and Amy Vickers. 2004. Boosting Water Productivity. Pages 46-65 in Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 2004 (New York: W.W. Norton).
Postel, S. 2004. Freshwater Quality, Use, and Protection, In The ECO Guide to Making a Difference (Washington, D.C.: Island Press).
Richter, Brian and Sandra Postel. 2004. Saving the Earth's Rivers. Issues in Science and Technology (Spring).
Postel, Sandra. 2003. Hydro Dynamics. Natural History (May).
Postel, Sandra. 2003. Securing Water for People, Crops, and Ecosystems: New Mindset and New Priorities. Natural Resources Forum (May).
Postel, S. 2001. Troubled Waters. In E.O. Wilson and B. Bilger, eds. Best American Science and Nature Writing (Houghton Mifflin).
Postel, Sandra and Aaron Wolf. 2001. Dehydrating Conflict. Foreign Policy (Sept-October).
Postel, Sandra. 2001. Growing More Food with Less Water. Scientific American (February).
Postel, S.L., P. Polak, F. Gonzales, and J. Keller. 2001. Drip Irrigation for Small Farmers: A New Initiative to Alleviate Hunger and Poverty. Water International Vol. 26, No. 1: 3-13.
Postel, Sandra. 2000. Entering an Era of Water Scarcity: The Challenges Ahead. Ecological Applications 10 (4): 941-948.
Postel, Sandra L. 1998. Water for Food Production: Will There Be Enough in 2025? BioScience (August).
Postel, S. L., J I. Morrison, and P.H. Gleick, 1998. Reallocating Fresh Water to Aquatic Ecosystems: The Case of the Colorado River Delta. Water International (September).
Postel, S. and S. Carpenter. 1997. Freshwater Ecosystem Services. In G. C. Daily, ed., Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems (Washington, D.C.: Island Press).
Postel, S. 1997. Dividing the Waters. Technology Review (April).
Postel, S., G. C. Daily, and P. R. Ehrlich. 1996. Human Appropriation of Renewable Fresh Water. Science 271 (February 9): 785-788.
Postel, S. 1996. Dividing the Waters: Food Security, Ecosystem Health, and the New Politics of Scarcity (Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute).
Postel, S. 1995. Where Have All the Rivers Gone? World Watch (May-June).
Postel, S. 1994. Carrying Capacity: Earth's Bottom Line, Challenge (March-April).
Postel, S. 1993. Water and Agriculture, in P. H. Gleick, ed., Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Postel S. 1992. Denial in the Decisive Decade, in Lester R. Brown et al., State of the World 1992 (New York: W.W. Norton).
Postel, S. 1989. Water for Agriculture: Facing the Limits (Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute).
Postel, S. 1985. Conserving Water: The Untapped Alternative (Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute). .
Postel, S. 1985. Thirsty in a Water-Rich World, International Wildlife (November/December).
Postel, S. 1984. Water: Rethinking Management in an Age of Scarcity (Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute).