Climate change : select federal efforts to monitor impacts on water infrastructure and resources / Aileen Stablum, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stablum, Aileen, editor.

Series:

Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.

Climate Change and its Causes, Effects and Prediction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes.

Water-supply--Law and legislation.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Climate change is having a variety of impacts on natural resources in the United States, ranging from more severe drought to increased flooding, and is altering assumptions that have been central to water resource planning and management. The Department of Defense's U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) have assessed water resource and infrastructure vulnerabilities and taken steps to develop guidance and strategies to adapt to the effects of climate change. This book examines actions taken by the Corps and Reclamation sin

Contents:

""CLIMATE CHANGE: SELECT FEDERAL EFFORTS TO MONITOR IMPACTS ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES""; ""CLIMATE CHANGE: SELECT FEDERAL EFFORTS TO MONITOR IMPACTS ON WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE: FEDERAL EFFORTS UNDER WAY TO ASSESS WATER INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITIES AND ADDRESS ADAPTATION CHALLENGES""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""

""EFFORTS UNDER WAY BY THE CORPS AND RECLAMATIONTO ASSESS WATER RESOURCE AND INFRASTRUCTUREVULNERABILITIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPADAPTATION STRATEGIES""""THE CORPS AND RECLAMATION FACE SEVERALCHALLENGES IN ASSESSING AND RESPONDING TO THEEFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ARE WORKINGCOLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS THEM""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS""; ""APPENDIX I: THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS� ANDTHE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION�S ORGANIZATIONAND INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""APPENDIX II: LOCATIONS AND INITIAL RESULTS OF THEU.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER�S PILOT STUDIES ANDBUREAU OF RECLAMATION�S BASIN STUDIES""

""Chapter 2: WATER�THE NATION�S FUNDAMENTAL CLIMATE ISSUE: A WHITE PAPER ON THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ROLE AND CAPABILITIES""""CONVERSION FACTORS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE AND WATER""; ""WATER BUDGET""; ""SEASONAL STREAMFLOW""; ""GEOGRAPHICAL DESIGN""; ""APPENDIX 1. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS""; ""REFERENCES CITED""; ""Chapter 3: REPORT TO CONGRESS: STRENGTHENING THE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FRESHWATER RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CLIMATE-RELEVANT WATER RESOURCE CHALLENGES""; ""REVIEW ELEMENTS""

""NEXT STEPS""""ACRONYMS""; ""APPENDIX A. SECUREWATER ACT:SEC. 9506. CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATERINTRAGOVERNMENTAL PANEL""; ""APPENDIX B. EXAMPLES OF EXISTING NETWORKS THATPRODUCE OBSERVATIONAL DATA RELEVANT TOCLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER RESOURCES""; ""APPENDIX C. EXAMPLES OF CURRENT DATABASES THATINCORPORATE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO CLIMATECHANGE AND WATER RESOURCES""; ""APPENDIX D.MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS REPORT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63117-585-8

OCLC:

916951867