Water and climate in the western United States / / William M. Lewis Jr., editor

• Pubblicazione: Boulder, Colo, : University Press of Colorado, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (318 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/1/0978
• Soggetto topico: Water-supply - West (U.S.); Hydrometeorology - West (U.S.)
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Climate
• Altri autori: LewisWilliam M., Jr., <1945->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Part One: Prospects for Understanding and Predicting Variability of Climate; 1: Predicting Climate Variations in the American West: What Are Our Prospects?; 2: Climate Variability in the West: Complex Spatial Structure Associated With Topography, and Observational Issues; 3: Dendrochronological Evidence for Long-Term Hydroclimatic Variability; 4: Acquisition, Management, and Dissemination of Climate Data; Part Two: Linkages Between Prediction of Climate and Hydrology; 5: Use of Weather and Climate Information in Forecasting Water Supply in the Western United States ; 6: Assessing the Effects of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Western United States7: Improving Water-Resource System Performance Through Long-Range Climate Forecasts: The Pacific Northwest Experience; 8: Has Modeling of Water Resources on the Basis of Climate and Hydrology Reached Its Full Potential?; Part Three: Responses of Water Managers to Climate Variability and Climate Change; 9: What Can Water Managers Do About Climate Variability and Change?; 10: Management of Colorado River Resources; 11: Water Development and Management Along the South Platte River of Colorado ; 12: Can Climate Predictions Be of Practical Use in Western Water Management?Color Plates; Part Four: Perspectives on Society, Institutions, and Water; 13: A Changing Geography: Growth, Land Use, and Water in the Interior West; 14: Constraints of Law and Policy on the Management of Western Water; 15: Economic and Institutional Strategies for Adapting to Water-Resource Effects of Climate Change; 16: Climate Variability: Social, Policy, and Institutional Issues; Part Five: Analyzing the Analysts; 17: Western Water Resources and "Climate of Opinion" Variables; About the Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Water and Climate in the Western United States highlights the opportunity for and necessity of change in management of water, the West's most crucial resource. As old policies and institutions fail to meet changing demands for and availability of w
• Titolo autorizzato: Water and climate in the western United States
• ISBN: 9786610501236; 9781280501234; 1280501235; 9780870817533; 0870817531
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958160903321
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