Downstream : Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River Ecosystem.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council Staff (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, Nov. 1999.
Colección:Compass series Downstream
Temas:
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (Agency : U.S.)
Ecosystem management > Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.)
Ecosystem management > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Ecosystem management > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Écosystèmes > Gestion > Colorado (Col.-Mexique : Fleuve)
Écosystèmes > Gestion > Arizona > Grand Canyon.
Ecosystem management
Planning
Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) > Planning.
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.)
Colorado, Bassin du (Col.-Mexique) > Planification.
Arizona > Glen Canyon Dam
Arizona > Grand Canyon
North America > Colorado River
North America > Colorado River Watershed
United States > Glen Canyon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • Origins of the Long-Term Strategic Plan
  • Charge to the Committee
  • Complications with the Strategic Plan
  • Methods for Reviewing the Strategic Plan
  • 2 The Center's Long Term Strategic Plan
  • The Center's Strategic Plan
  • Weaknesses and Alternatives
  • Summary
  • 3 The Adaptive Management Program
  • Introduction
  • The Emerging Field of Adaptive Management
  • Adaptive Management of Glen Canyon Dam and the Colorado River Ecosystem
  • Strengths of the Strategic Plans
  • Weaknesses of the Strategic Plans
  • 4 Ecosystem Monitoring and Science
  • Conceptual Modeling
  • Design and Implementation of a Long-Term Monitoring Plan
  • The Center's Resource Program Areas
  • 5 Organization and Resources
  • Organizational Structure and Center Roles in the Adaptive Management Program
  • The Center's Institutional Home
  • The Center's Organizational Structure and Size
  • Budget and Funding Issues
  • 6 Summary of Findings and Recommendations - Adaptive Management Issues
  • Science Program Issues
  • Organizational and Budget Issues
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • A Grand Canyon Protection Act (1992)
  • B Adaptive Management Work Group Members
  • C Technical Work Group Members
  • D Record of Decision (1996)
  • E Table II-7 Summary Comparison of Alternatives and Impacts
  • F Economic Literature Relevant to Grand Canyon Management
  • G Figures
  • H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

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