Climate and water : transboundary challenges in the Americas /
Climate and water : transboundary challenges in the Americas /
edited by Henry F. Diaz and Barbara J. Morehouse.
- xx, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Advances in global change research ; 16 .
- Advances in global change research ; 16. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Climate and water in transboundary contexts: an introduction / Boundaries in climate-water discourse / Experience and role of the organization of American states in transboundary river basin management in Latin America / Coping with climate variability: municipal water agencies agencies in southern California / Impacts of climate fluctuations and climate changes on the sustainable development of the arid Norte Grande in Chile / Water resource management in response to El Ni�no-Southern oscillation (ENSO) droughts and floods: the case of Ambos Nogales / Transboundary water problems as "jurisdictional externalities": increased economic efficiency through institutional reforms / Impacts in Mexico of Colorado river management in the United States: a history of neglect, a future of uncertainty / Reservoir management in the interior west: the influence of climate variability and functional linkages of water / Biomes, river basins, and climate regions: rational tools for water resources management / The transboundary setting of California's water and hydropower systems: linkages between the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and Colorado hydroclimates / The role of transboundary agreements in the Columbia River Basin: an integrated assessment in the context of historic development, climate, and evolving water policy / Climate doesn't stop at the border: U.S.-Mexico climatic regions and causes of variability / Climate and climate variability in the Arenal River basin of Costa Rica / Nonlinear forecasting of river flows in Colombia based upon ENSO and its associated economic value for hydropower generation / Climate variability and climate change, and their impacts on the freshwater resources in the border region: a case study for Sonora, Mexico / Land cover changes and climate fluctuations in the upper San Pedro River Basin in Sonora, Mexico / Henry F. Diaz, Barbara J. Morehouse -- Barbara J. Morehouse -- Jorge Rucks -- Denise Lach ... [et al.] -- Hugo Romero, Stephanie Kampf -- Terry Sprouse, Lisa Farrow Vaughan -- Charles W. Howe -- David H. Getches -- Andrea J. Ray -- Henry F. Diaz -- Daniel R. Cayan ... [et al.] -- Alan Hamlet -- Andrew C. Comrie -- Jorge A. Amador ... [et al.] -- Germ�an Poveda ... [et al.] -- Victor O. Maga�na, Cecilia Conde -- H�ector M. Arias. SECTION A: WATER POLICY, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETY -- SECTION B: CLIMATE, HYDROLOGY, AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES --
1402015291 (alk. paper) 9781402015298 (alk. paper)
2003060228
Water-supply--Management--International cooperation.--America
Water resources development--International cooperation.--America
Climatic changes--America.
America--Climate.
TD221 / .C58 2003
Includes bibliographical references.
Climate and water in transboundary contexts: an introduction / Boundaries in climate-water discourse / Experience and role of the organization of American states in transboundary river basin management in Latin America / Coping with climate variability: municipal water agencies agencies in southern California / Impacts of climate fluctuations and climate changes on the sustainable development of the arid Norte Grande in Chile / Water resource management in response to El Ni�no-Southern oscillation (ENSO) droughts and floods: the case of Ambos Nogales / Transboundary water problems as "jurisdictional externalities": increased economic efficiency through institutional reforms / Impacts in Mexico of Colorado river management in the United States: a history of neglect, a future of uncertainty / Reservoir management in the interior west: the influence of climate variability and functional linkages of water / Biomes, river basins, and climate regions: rational tools for water resources management / The transboundary setting of California's water and hydropower systems: linkages between the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and Colorado hydroclimates / The role of transboundary agreements in the Columbia River Basin: an integrated assessment in the context of historic development, climate, and evolving water policy / Climate doesn't stop at the border: U.S.-Mexico climatic regions and causes of variability / Climate and climate variability in the Arenal River basin of Costa Rica / Nonlinear forecasting of river flows in Colombia based upon ENSO and its associated economic value for hydropower generation / Climate variability and climate change, and their impacts on the freshwater resources in the border region: a case study for Sonora, Mexico / Land cover changes and climate fluctuations in the upper San Pedro River Basin in Sonora, Mexico / Henry F. Diaz, Barbara J. Morehouse -- Barbara J. Morehouse -- Jorge Rucks -- Denise Lach ... [et al.] -- Hugo Romero, Stephanie Kampf -- Terry Sprouse, Lisa Farrow Vaughan -- Charles W. Howe -- David H. Getches -- Andrea J. Ray -- Henry F. Diaz -- Daniel R. Cayan ... [et al.] -- Alan Hamlet -- Andrew C. Comrie -- Jorge A. Amador ... [et al.] -- Germ�an Poveda ... [et al.] -- Victor O. Maga�na, Cecilia Conde -- H�ector M. Arias. SECTION A: WATER POLICY, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETY -- SECTION B: CLIMATE, HYDROLOGY, AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES --
1402015291 (alk. paper) 9781402015298 (alk. paper)
2003060228
Water-supply--Management--International cooperation.--America
Water resources development--International cooperation.--America
Climatic changes--America.
America--Climate.
TD221 / .C58 2003