Climate change and U.S. water resources
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Climate change and U.S. water resources
（Wiley series in climate and the biosphere）
Wiley, c1990
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Climate change and US water resources
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
"Report of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Panel on Climatic Variability, Climate Change, and the Planning and Management of U.S. Water Resources."
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This work examines the implications of possible future climate change and the greenhouse effect for water planning and resource management, citing the interrelationships of climate change, water availability and water needs. Drawing upon specialists from a variety of fields, the material has been developed from reports of a multidisciplinary panel of experts which convened from 1986 through 1988 under the auspices of the AAAS Committee on Climate.
Table of Contents
- THE SETTING: The Issues
- Future Water Use in the Present Climate
- Prospects for Climate Change
- Decision- Making Criteria Under Uncertainty
- FROM CLIMATE TO WATER RESOURCES: Climate Forecasting
- What Statistics Can Tell Us
- From Climate and CO2 Enrichment to Evapotranspiration
- From Climate to Flow
- From Flow to Storage
- Vulnerability of Water Systems
- IMPACT AND RESPONSES: Floods and Droughts
- Irrigation
- Water Quality
- Recreation and Wildlife
- Urban Water
- Water, Electricity and Institutional Innovation
- Reallocation by Markets and Prices
- The Political Agenda
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND US WATER RESOURCES: Summary.
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