Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Poupeau, Franck

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a diversity of complementary perspectives, including a statement of natural resources, biodiversity and their management, an analysis of water policy and its history, and a statement of ecosystem services in the context of both local biodiversity and the economic activities that sustain economic growth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498776998
• Artikelnr.: 45434113

Autorenporträt

Franck Poupeau, Hoshin Gupta, Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Maria Sans-Fuentes, Susan Harris, László G. Hayde

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Project and framework
Introduction
Human natural history of Southwestern US
A Socio-Historical Perspective on Water Policy
* Rivers and Dams of the American Empire. Sociology of the Environment
and the Sphere of Power
* The Policy Coalitions of the Central Arizona Project. A
Socio-historical Perspective on Water Management in the Arid West
* Laws of the River: Contribution for a Sociology of the Field of Water
Management in Arizona
Current perspectives: Ecosystems & Their Dependence on Water Management
* Water uses in the Tucson basin: Implications of a spatially neutral
groundwater management
* Tucson Groundwater Dynamics. How is it Affected by Natural Drought?
* Water Management and Biodiversity Conservation: the Role of
Biodiversity in the Hydrological Cycle in Tucson Basin - a Review
* Quantification of Water-related Ecosystem Services in the Upper Santa
Cruz Watershed, Arizona, USA
* Mapping Ecosystem Services Supply and Demand for Policy and Practice
- Qualitative Assessment in Pantano Wash Watershed (Tucson basin, AZ)
* Application of InVEST Model for Mapping and Assessment of Erosion
Regulation Ecosystem Services in Santa Cruz Watershed
* Implication of GIS and Spatial Data Infrastructures in Sustainable
Water Management
* A Comparative Analysis of Stakeholder Engagement in Water Management
between Tucson Basin (AZ) and Ebro basin (SP)
Narratives of economic & urban growth
* Challenges of Urban Growth, Water and Wastewater
* The Social Logic of Urban Sprawl in Arizona
* Urban comprehensive planning. Evaluation and Monitoring Mechanisms
Related to Water for the Tucson Plan.
* Impact of urban growth on climate and ecosystem services
* Integrating Political Ecology and Ecosystem Services
Conclusion - Bringing all the Stories Together
* A Collective Attempt towards Transdisciplinary
* Implications to Politics & Recommendations