Salton Sea Atlas [Hardcover]

Redlands Institute (Author), Jack Dangermond (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

A comprehensive scientific, historical, and physcial representation of the Salton Sea region utilizing the latest GIS technology

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dangermond is president and founder of ESRI.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: ESRI Press (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589480430
• ISBN-13: 978-1589480438
• Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,089,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important guide about an invaluable resource, October 17, 2002

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Sally Eubanks (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salton Sea Atlas (Hardcover)

The Salton Sea Atlas explores issues and information regarding California's largest lake and most valuable environmental resource -- the Salton Sea.

This book is a must for those interested in the Salton Sea, environmental change, water issues in the American Southwest, history, or geography. Its graphical synthesis of complex social, scientific, and geographic information is superb and can be appreciated by all audiences. This is a wonderful publication.

I recommend it wholeheartedly

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Special Publication, November 14, 2002

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D. Dodge (Indio, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Salton Sea Atlas (Hardcover)

This book is wonderful! I highly recommend it.

The Salton Sea Atlas covers the complex issues facing this very special body of water in a clear, yet comprehensive, fashion (use of graphics and illustrations over exhaustive use of text). It's a beautiful book, and the most wide-ranging piece about the Salton Sea that I've been able to find. You will not be disappointed with it.

Buy this book

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, September 30, 2003

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Virginia (Salton City, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Salton Sea Atlas (Hardcover)

--Just wanted to second the comments of the other reviewers regarding the quality and presentation of this book. It's a scientific work undertaken by the Salton Sea Database Program of the Redlands Institute of the University of Redlands, but it's enclosed within a lovely and large glossy coffee table book. It also includes much information about the cultural history of the Salton Sea and its region in a remote part of the southern California desert. I especially enjoyed the beautiful wildlife illustrations and biological information, though most of the book covers the physical science of the Salton Sea. I gave a copy to someone at a Christmas party held many miles away at the Orange County coast, and people literally were waiting and nagging for their turn to look through this beautiful book about this mysterious and controversial inland subtropical sea.