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Climate change : select federal efforts to monitor impacts on water infrastructure and resources /
Climate change is having a variety of impacts on natural resources in the United States, ranging from more severe drought to increased flooding, and is altering assumptions that have been central to water resource planning and management. The Department of Defense's U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CLIMATE CHANGE: SELECT FEDERAL EFFORTS TO MONITOR IMPACTS ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES; CLIMATE CHANGE: SELECT FEDERAL EFFORTS TO MONITOR IMPACTS ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE: FEDERAL EFFORTS UNDER WAY TO ASSESS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITIES AND ADDRESS ADAPTATION CHALLENGES; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND.
- Efforts under way by the corps and reclamationto assess water resource and infrastructurevulnerabilities to climate change and developadaptation strategiesthe corps and reclamation face severalchallenges in assessing and responding to theeffects of climate change and are workingcollaboratively to address them; agency comments; appendix i: the u.s. army corps of engineers' andthe bureau of reclamation's organizationand infrastructure; appendix ii: locations and initial results of theu.s. army corps of engineer's pilot studies andbureau of reclamation's basin studies.
- Chapter 2: WATER-THE NATION'S FUNDAMENTAL CLIMATE ISSUE: A WHITE PAPER ON THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ROLE AND CAPABILITIESCONVERSION FACTORS; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE AND WATER; WATER BUDGET; SEASONAL STREAMFLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL DESIGN; APPENDIX 1. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; REFERENCES CITED; Chapter 3: REPORT TO CONGRESS: STRENGTHENING THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FRESHWATER RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CLIMATE-RELEVANT WATER RESOURCE CHALLENGES; REVIEW ELEMENTS; NEXT STEPS; ACRONYMS.
- Appendix a. securewater act:sec. 9506. climate change and waterintragovernmental panelappendix b. examples of existing networks thatproduce observational data relevant toclimate change and water resources; appendix c. examples of current databases thatincorporate information relevant to climatechange and water resources; appendix d.major contributors to this report; references; index.