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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.91/7
• Soggetto topico: Ecosystem management - California - Delta Region; Water resources development - Environmental aspects - California - Delta Region; Water-supply - California - Delta Region - Management
• Soggetto geografico: United States
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: "The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the global economy and significantly shifting workforce demand, requiring quick, adaptive responses. The pandemic has revealed the vulnerabilities of many organizations and regional economies, and it has accelerated trends that could lead to significant improvements in productivity, performance, and resilience, which will enable organizations and regions to thrive in the "next normal." To explore how communities around the United States are addressing workforce issues laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are taking advantage of local opportunities to expand their science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) workforces to position them for success going forward, the Board of Higher Education and Workforce of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a series of workshops to identify immediate and near-term regional STEMM workforce needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The workshop planning committee identified five U.S. cities and their associated metropolitan areas - Birmingham, Alabama; Boston, Massachusetts; Richmond, Virginia; Riverside, California; and Wichita, Kansas - to host workshops highlighting promising practices that communities can use to respond urgently and appropriately to their STEMM workforce needs. A sixth workshop discussed how the lessons learned during the five region-focused workshops could be applied in other communities to meet STEMM workforce needs. This proceedings of a virtual workshop series summarizes the presentations and discussions from the six public workshops that made up the virtual workshop series and highlights the key points raised during the presentations, moderated panel discussions and deliberations, and open discussions among the workshop participants." --
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable water and environmental management in the California bay-delta
• ISBN: 0-309-25622-4; 0-309-25672-0; 0-309-25631-3; 0-309-25620-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789369503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II