Arizona Water Policy: Management Innovations in an Urbanizing, Arid Region

ISBN-13: 9781933115351 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str.

Bonnie G. Colby; Katharinel Jacobs

Opis

The central challenge encountered by Arizona and many other arid regions in the world is keeping a sustainable water supply in the face of rapid population growth and other competing demands. This book highlights new approaches that Arizona has pioneered for managing its water needs. The state has burgeoning urban areas, large agricultural regions, water-dependent habitats for endangered fish and wildlife, and a growing demand for water-based recreation. A multi-year drought and climate-related variability in water supply complicate the intense competition for water. Written by well-known Arizona water experts, the essays in the book address these issues from academic, professional, and policy perspectives that include economics, climatology, law, and engineering.