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Zusatztext "... this collaborative effort is very successful. In a series of thought-provoking case studies! the authors provide a comprehensive and extraordinarily detailed analysis of a serious issue with ramifications that expand well beyond Arizona"R. L. Wallace! Ripon College! USA! in the March 2017 issue ofCHOICE Magazine"Water Bankruptcy in the Land of Plenty is about water scarcity in Southern Arizona; but though many might think this narrow subject would limit the book's interest to Arizona residents alone! it's recommended for any arid region of the world. as it covers how water scarcity is measured and dealt with. The American Southwest is facing its deepest drought in history. This discussion evolved through the collaborative efforts of scientists! resource managers! and social scientists not just from Arizona but from around the world and across the U.S. It thus offers an interdisciplinary approach as it examines the politics and processes of water allocation. Technical charts! graphs! discussions of water planning processes and urban development! and applications of hydrological models contribute to chapters that pair data with thought-provoking insights to make for a technical yet accessible water management discussion of special interest to urban planners! resource managers and conservation collections alike."Diane Donovan! in 'Donovan's Literary Services' November 2016 Prime Picks' on donovansliteraryservices.com Informationen zum Autor Franck Poupeau, Hoshin Gupta, Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Maria Sans-Fuentes, Susan Harris, László G. Hayde Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 o...
