Climate Variability and Water Dependent Sectors

Impacts and Potential Adaptations
Herausgeber: Peck, Dannele E; Peterson, Jeffrey M

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book of contributed chapters assesses the performance of existing water infrastructure, institutions, and policies under different climate variability scenarios. It then provides suggestions for improving the flexibility of water allocation and management, and strengthening decision-making under uncertainty. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9781138383845
• ISBN-10: 1138383848
• Artikelnr.: 55103831

Autorenporträt

Dannele E. Peck is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming, USA. Jeffrey M. Peterson is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Dannele E. Peck and Jeffrey M. Peterson 2. Cost of early
snowmelt in terms of reduced irrigation deliveries Aaron Benson and Ryan
Williams 3. Climate change opportunities for Idaho's irrigation supply and
deliveries Russell J. Qualls, R. Garth Taylor, Joel Hamilton, and Ayodeji
B. Arogundade 4. Climate and choice of irrigation technology: implications
for climate adaptation George B. Frisvold and Shailaja Deva 5. Potential
economic impacts of water-use changes in Southwest Kansas Bill Golden and
Jeff Johnson 6. Community adaptation to climate change: exploring drought
and poverty traps in Gituamba location, Kenya Amy Sherwood 7. Medium-term
electricity load forecasting and climate change in arid cities Bhagyam
Chandrasekharan and Bonnie Colby 8. The joint impact of drought conditions
and media coverage on the Colorado rafting industry Karina Schoengold,
Prabhakar Shrestha, and Mark Eiswerth