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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464804003321

Titolo

Sustainable water and environmental management in the California bay-delta / / Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta, Water Science and Technology Board, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-309-25672-0

0-309-25631-3

0-309-25620-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

333.91/7

Soggetti

Ecosystem management - California - Delta Region

Water resources development - Environmental aspects - California - Delta Region

Water-supply - California - Delta Region - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Scarcity: The Challenges of Water and Environmental Management in the Delta and Beyond; 3 Stressors: Environmental Factors and Their Effects on the Bay-Delta Ecosystem; 4 Environmental Change: Challenges and Opportunities; 5 Constraints and Opportunities for Multifaceted Water Planning; Appendix A: Summary of A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effect on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California's Bay-Delta

Appendix B: Summary of A Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California's Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan Appendix C: Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta; Appendix D: Public Session Speakers; Appendix E: Changes in the Zooplankton of the San Francisco Estuary;



Appendix F: Methods to Support Decision Making; Appendix G: Water Science and Technology Board; Appendix H: Ocean Studies Board

Appendix I: Biographical Sketches for Members of the Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta