TY  - BOOK
AU  - Diaz,Henry F.
AU  - Morehouse,Barbara J.
TI  - Climate and water: transboundary challenges in the Americas 
T2  - Advances in global change research
SN  - 1402015291 (alk. paper)
AV  - TD221 .C58 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Dordrecht
PB  - Kluwer Academic Publishers
KW  - Water-supply
KW  - America
KW  - Management
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Water resources development
KW  - Climatic changes
KW  - Climate
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; SECTION A: WATER POLICY, INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETY --; Climate and water in transboundary contexts: an introduction; Henry F. Diaz; Barbara J. Morehouse --; Boundaries in climate-water discourse; Barbara J. Morehouse --; Experience and role of the organization of American states in transboundary river basin management in Latin America; Jorge Rucks --; Coping with climate variability: municipal water agencies agencies in southern California; Denise Lach ... [et al.] --; Impacts of climate fluctuations and climate changes on the sustainable development of the arid Norte Grande in Chile; Hugo Romero; Stephanie Kampf --; Water resource management in response to El Ni�no-Southern oscillation (ENSO) droughts and floods: the case of Ambos Nogales; Terry Sprouse; Lisa Farrow Vaughan --; Transboundary water problems as "jurisdictional externalities": increased economic efficiency through institutional reforms; Charles W. Howe --; Impacts in Mexico of Colorado river management in the United States: a history of neglect, a future of uncertainty; David H. Getches --; Reservoir management in the interior west: the influence of climate variability and functional linkages of water; Andrea J. Ray --; SECTION B: CLIMATE, HYDROLOGY, AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES --; Biomes, river basins, and climate regions: rational tools for water resources management; Henry F. Diaz --; The transboundary setting of California's water and hydropower systems: linkages between the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and Colorado hydroclimates; Daniel R. Cayan ... [et al.] --; The role of transboundary agreements in the Columbia River Basin: an integrated assessment in the context of historic development, climate, and evolving water policy; Alan Hamlet --; Climate doesn't stop at the border: U.S.-Mexico climatic regions and causes of variability; Andrew C. Comrie --; Climate and climate variability in the Arenal River basin of Costa Rica; Jorge A. Amador ... [et al.] --; Nonlinear forecasting of river flows in Colombia based upon ENSO and its associated economic value for hydropower generation; Germ�an Poveda ... [et al.] --; Climate variability and climate change, and their impacts on the freshwater resources in the border region: a case study for Sonora, Mexico; Victor O. Maga�na; Cecilia Conde --; Land cover changes and climate fluctuations in the upper San Pedro River Basin in Sonora, Mexico; H�ector M. Arias
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