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Zusatztext "? presents a synthesis of what leading scientists! lawyers! political scientists and other water professionals know about the likely adverse impacts on the region and how the West might make the hard choices to cope with its changed climate. The book covers the latest scientific understanding of climate change and its impact on the region's hydrology. It gives equal weight to both ends of the risk spectrum-stressed water availability for consumptive and non-consumptive environmental uses as well as more extreme flood events. ? essential reading for all water professionals and anyone interested in the fate of the American West." -Dan Tarlock! Chicago-Kent College of Law! Illinois Institute of Technology! USA"We have always lived with considerable variability in water supply in the western United States. Now the range of uncertainty in water supply planning has increased markedly as a consequence of climate change. This new book provides valuable contributions from a wide array of perspectives to help us better understand the challenges we now face and the responses that will be necessary under these conditions." -Lawrence J. MacDonnell! Senior Fellow! Getches-Wilkinson Center! University of Colorado! Boulder! USA"? the contributors embrace uncertainty in the physical and social systems shaping future water options. This is liberating because it enables new ways of thinking about adaptively managing water sector risks under climate change. They also provide well-grounded and thoughtful critiques of the most significant technical and policy challenges ahead. Most importantly! they give hope to those faced with the daunting task of reforming water planning by giving plenty of examples of how this can be done in practice."-Professor Robert L. Wilby! Department of Geography! Loughborough University! Leicestershire! UK Informationen zum Autor Kathleen A. Miller is an economist working at the National Center for Atmospheric Research! in the Climate Science and Applications Program. She conducts research on climate impacts! vulnerability! and adaptation. Her work focuses especially on natural resource governance and adaptation planning under uncertainty and on modeling interactions between human strategic behavior and dynamic natural systems. She is the author of numerous papers on the management of water! fisheries! and other natural resources in the context of climate variability and prospective climate change. Douglas S. Kenney has been with the University of Colorado's Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources! Energy and the Environment since 1996 where he directs the Western Water Policy Program. He researches and writes extensively on several water-related issues! including law and policy reform! river basin- and watershed-level planning! the design of institutional arrangements! water resource economics! and climate change adaptation. Dr. Kenney has also served as a consultant to a variety of local! state! multistate! and federal agencies! and has made presentations in 20 U.S. states! seven countries! and four continents.Alan F. Hamlet is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences! College of Engineering! at University of Notre Dame. Dr. Hamlet's research is focused on the integrated modeling of climate variability and change! surface water hydrology! water resource systems! the built environment! and aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. He has been actively involved in stakeholder education and outreach programs in the Pacific Northwest for many years and is a leader in the development of decision support systems and sustainable climate change adaptation strategies in the water sector.Kelly T. Redmond is the deputy director and regional climatologist at the Western Regional Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute! Reno! Nevada. He has played an active role nationally in development of the climate services sector. Dr. ...
