Book Reviews

摘要

Jerry Yudelson believes that "To avert an urban water crisis, as a society we need to reduce our total water footprint by modifying our patterns of water use" (p. 20). To help us achieve this, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis weaves together numerous examples from around the world of how national, state, and local governments are meeting present urban water shortage challenges. Yudelson is an accomplished writer in the field of green building, with 11 books on the subject. Dry Run is his first foray into the wonderful world of water and my introduction to his work. It did not take me long to realize that Yudelson brings a high degree of practicality to his writing. Sure, many of the policies that he advocates are a far stretch from mainstream United States water policy, but when it comes to his intended audience and the types of results that he beckons them to achieve, you will find him steering repeatedly toward tangibles. Throughout the book he focuses on everyday people, from building managers to gardeners, who are in a position to make decisions that affect the way people use water in towns and cities.