Climate and Water

by Diaz, Henry F.; Morehouse, Barbara J.

• ISBN13: 9781402015298
• ISBN10: 1402015291
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Climate and Water: Transboundary Challenges in the Americas explores some of the ways that climate, hydrology, and water resource management converge at the borders between jurisdictions and countries in the western Hemisphere. This book is unique in focusing on case studies of climate-hydrology-water resource management in diverse contexts in South, Central, and North America. This book is singular in highlighting important problems arising from the very existence of boundaries drawn and defined by society. Addressing such problems takes on increasing urgency as the world becomes ever more inter connected and interdependent. Target groups for this book include water resource managers and decision makers at levels from the international to the local; scientists involved in interdisciplinary studies of basic and applied climatology, hydrology, and environmental studies; and readers specializing in institutional analyses, including transboundary water law, policy analysis, and risk assessment. This book is also a useful text for college classes addressing natural resources management in general, and the transfer of scientific knowledge to society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Preface	xiii
Contributing Authors	xvii
Section A: Water Policy, Institutions, and Society
Climate and Water in Transboundary Contexts: An Introduction	3	(22)
Henry F. Diaz
Barbara J. Morehouse
Boundaries in Climate-Water Discourse	25	(16)
Barbara J. Morehouse
Experience and Role of the Organization of American States in Transboundary River Basin Management in Latin America	41	(18)
Jorge Rucks
Coping with Climate Variability: Municipal Water Agencies Agencies in Southern California	59	(24)
Denise Lach
Helen Ingram
Steve Rayner
Impacts of Climate Fluctuations and Climate Changes on the Sustainable Development of the Arid Norte Grande in Chile	83	(34)
Hugo Romero
Stephanie Kampf
Water Resource Management in Response to El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Droughts and Floods: The Case of Ambos Nogales	117	(28)
Terry Sprouse
Lisa Farrow Vaughan
Transboundary Water Problems as ``Jurisdictional Externalities'': Increased Economic Efficiency Through Institutional Reforms	145	(18)
Charles W. Howe
Impacts in Mexico of Colorado River Management in the United States: A History of Neglect, A Future of Uncertainty	163	(30)
David H. Getches
Reservoir Management in the Interior West: The Influence of Climate Variability and Functional Linkages of Water	193	(28)
Andrea J. Ray
Section B: Climate, Hydrology, and Ecosystem Processes
Biomes, River Basins, and Climate Regions: Rational Tools for Water Resources Management	221	(16)
Henry F. Diaz
The Transboundary Setting of California's Water and Hydropower Systems: Linkages between the Sierra Nevada, Columbia, and Colorado Hydroclimates	237	(26)
Daniel R. Cayan
Michael D. Dettinger
Kelly T. Redmond
Gregory J. McCabe
Noah Knowles
David H. Peterson
The Role of Transboundary Agreements in the Columbia River Basin: An Integrated Assessment in the Context of Historic Development, Climate, and Evolving Water Policy	263	(28)
Alan Hamlet
Climate Doesn't Stop at the Border: U.S.-Mexico Climatic Regions and Causes of Variability	291	(26)
Andrew C. Comrie
Climate and Climate Variability in the Arenal River Basin of Costa Rica	317	(34)
Jorge A. Amador
Rafael Chacon
Sadi Laporte
Nonlinear Forecasting of River Flows in Colombia Based Upon ENSO and Its Associated Economic Value for Hydropower Generation	351	(22)
German Poveda
Oscar J. Mesa
Peter R. Waylen
Climate Variability and Climate Change, and Their Impacts on the Freshwater Resources in the Border Region: A Case Study for Sonora, Mexico	373	(20)
Victor O. Magana
Cecilia Conde
Land Cover Changes and Climate Fluctuations in the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Sonora, Mexico	393
Hector M. Arias