Comparing Futures for the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta /
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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.


