Colorado River Basin water management : evaluating and adjusting to hydroclimatic variability / / Committee on the Scientific Bases of Colorado River Basin Water Management, Water Science and Technology Board, Divsion on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9
• Soggetto topico: Water-supply - Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico); Water quality management - Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico); Climatic changes - Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico)
• Soggetto geografico: Colorado River Watershed (Colo.-Mexico) Climate
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-174).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Colorado River Development""; ""3 Climate and Hydrology of the Colorado River Basin Region""; ""4 Prospects for Conserving and Extending Water Supplies""; ""5 Colorado River Basin Drought Planning Strategies and Organizations""; ""6 Epilogue""; ""References""; ""Appendixes"" ; ""Appendix A Letter to Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton from the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming Governor's Representatives on Colorado River Operations """"Appendix B Guest Speakers at Committee Meetings""; ""Appendix C Water Science and Technology Board""; ""Appendix D Biographical Information for Committee on the Scientific Bases of Colorado River Basin Water Management""
• Titolo autorizzato: Colorado River Basin water management
• ISBN: 0-309-17901-7; 1-280-84435-3; 9786610844357; 0-309-10525-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814113703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II