The water problem : climate change and water policy in the United States /

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Building Water Resilience is the Single Greatest Challenge in a Changing Global Climate, Most Americans take the availability of water for granted. But the convergence of various factors-especially climate change-is placing extraordinary stresses on this essential resource. When climate change is co...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Mulroy, Patricia (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Water-supply > United States.
Water-supply > Effect of global warming on.
Water-supply > Climatic factors > United States.
Water-supply > Government policy > United States.
Water resources development > United States.
Climatic changes > United States.
Eau > Approvisionnement > États-Unis.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Water-supply.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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