Arizona water policy : management innovations in an urbanizing, arid region /

Other Authors: Colby, Bonnie G., Jacobs, Katharine L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, c2007.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Water management challenges in an arid region: key policy issues / Katharine L. Jacobs and Bonnie G. Colby
  • Shaped by water: an Arizona historical perspective / Jack L. August, Jr., and Grady Gammage, Jr.
  • Balancing competing interests: Institutional context: the history of state and federal water laws / Michael J. Pearce
  • The water supply of Arizona: the geographic distribution of availability and patterns of use / Mark T. Anderson, Donald R. Pool, and Stanley A. Leake
  • Drought, climate variability, and implications for water supply and management / Gregg Garfin, Michael A. Crimmins, and Katharine L. Jacobs
  • Water transactions: enhancing supply reliability during drought / Bonnie G. Colby, Dana R. Smith, and Katherine Pittenger
  • Sustaining people, habitats, and ecosystems: the challenge of integrating water policy and the environment / Patrick J. Graham
  • The disconnect between water law and hydrology / Robert Glennon
  • Protecting the supply: Arizona's water quality challenges / Karen L. Smith and Charles G. Graf
  • Implications of federal farm policy and state regulation on agricultural water use / George B. Frisvold, Paul N. Wilson, and Robert Needham
  • Urban growth and water supply / James M. Holway
  • Water supply and management in rural Arizona / Katharine L. Jacobs and Linda S. Stitzer
  • Arizona's recharge and recovery programs / Sharon B. Megdal
  • Tribal water claims and settlements within regional water management / Dana R. Smith and Bonnie G. Colby
  • Lessons for semiarid regions facing growth and competition for water / Bonnie G. Colby, Katharine L. Jacobs, and Dana R. Smith.