The Water Problem : Climate Change and Water Policy in the United States /

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The United States faces a water crisis as critical as the energy crisis that once dominated headlines. Like the energy crisis, a solution can be found. Pat Mulroy, for many years general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, the lead negotiator on the Colorado River for the State of Nevada...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mulroy, Patricia (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Watershed management > United States.
Water resources development > United States.
Water quality management > United States.
Water-supply > Effect of global warming on > United States.
Climatic changes > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Bruce Babbitt
  • Introduction : the hidden obstacles to adaptation / Pat Mulroy
  • 1. Climate change : a strategic opportunity for water managers / Kathy Jacobs and Paul Fleming
  • 2. The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta : resolving California's water conundrum / Pat Mulroy
  • 3. The San Diego strategy : a sea change in western water / Maureen A. Stapleton
  • 4. The Colorado River story / Jim Lochhead and Pat Mulroy
  • 5. Nebraska's Water governance framework / Ann Bleed
  • 6. Groundwater in the American West : how to harness hydrogeological analysis to improve groundwater management / Burke W. Griggs and James J. Butler Jr.
  • 7. Southeastern Florida : ground zero for sea-level rise / Douglas Yoder
  • 8. Finding the balance in New York City : developing resilient, sustainable water and wastewater systems / Angela Licata and Alan Cohn.

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