Comparing futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta /

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Through in-depth economic and ecological analysis, the authors find that employing a peripheral canal at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as part of a larger habitat and water management plan appears to be the best strategy to maintain a high-quality water supply while improving conditions for nativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Lund, Jay R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Series:Freshwater ecology series ; v. 3.
Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
Subjects:
Water quality management > California > Delta Region.
Estuarine ecology > California > Delta Region.
Water-supply > California > Delta Region > Forecasting.
Water diversion > Environmental aspects > California > Delta Region > Forecasting.
Water-supply > California > Delta Region > Management.
Environmental management > California > Delta Region.
Eau > Qualité > Gestion > Californie > Delta, Région du.
Écologie des estuaires > Californie > Delta, Région du.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Californie > Delta, Région du > Prévision.
Dérivation (Travaux publics) > Aspect de l'environnement > Californie > Delta, Région du > Prévision.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Californie > Delta, Région du > Gestion.
Environnement > Gestion > Californie > Delta, Région du.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
NATURE > Ecology.
Ecology.
Environmental management.
Estuarine ecology.
Water quality management.
Water-supply > Forecasting.
Water-supply > Management.
Delta Region (Calif.) > Environmental conditions.
Delta, Région du (Calif.) > Conditions environnementales.
California > Delta Region.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Delta Islands Maps
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Legacies of Delta History
  • 3. Managing the Inevitable
  • 4. Delta Water Exports and Strategies
  • 5. Hydrodynamics and the Salinity of Delta Waters
  • 6. What a Changing Delta Means for the Ecosystem and Its fish
  • 7. Economics of Changing Water Supply and Quality
  • 8. Policy and Regulatory Challenges
  • 9. Decision Analysis for Delta Exports
  • 10. Charting the Future for a Changing Delta
  • Appendix. Estimation of Probabilities, Costs, and Reductions for Delta Outcomes and Strategies.

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