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Climate and Water

Transboundary Challenges in the Americas

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Editors:
  1. Henry F. Diaz

    1. Climate Diagnostics Center, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Boulder, USA

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  2. Barbara J. Morehouse

    1. Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO, volume 16)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Water Policy, Institutions, and Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Climate and Water in Transboundary Contexts

      • Henry F. Diaz, Barbara J. Morehouse
      Pages 3-24

    3. Boundaries in Climate-Water Discourse

      • Barbara J. Morehouse
      Pages 25-40

    4. Experience and Role of the Organization of American States in Transboundary River Basin Management in Latin America

      • Jorge Rucks
      Pages 41-57

    5. Coping with Climate Variability

      • Denise Lach, Helen Ingram, Steve Rayner
      Pages 59-81

    6. Impacts of Climate Fluctuations and Climate Changes on the Sustainable Development of the Arid Norte Grande in Chile

      • Hugo Romero, Stephanie Kampf
      Pages 83-115

    7. Water Resource Management in Response to El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Droughts and Floods

      • Terry W. Sprouse, Lisa Farrow Vaughan
      Pages 117-143

    8. Transboundary Water Problems as “Jurisdictional Externalities”

      • Charles W. Howe
      Pages 145-161

    9. Impacts in Mexico of Colorado River Management in the United States

      • David H. Getches
      Pages 163-191

    10. Reservoir Management in the Interior West

      • Andrea J. Ray
      Pages 193-217

  3. Climate, Hydrology, and Ecosystem Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. Biomes, River Basins, and Climate Regions

      • Henry F. Diaz
      Pages 221-235

    3. The Transboundary Setting of California’s Water and Hydropower Systems

      • Daniel R. Cayan, Michael D. Dettinger, Kelly T. Redmond, Gregory J. McCabe, Noah Knowles, David H. Peterson
      Pages 237-262

    4. The Role of Transboundary Agreements in the Columbia River Basin

      • Alan F. Hamlet
      Pages 263-289

    5. Climate Doesn’t Stop at the Border

      • Andrew C. Comrie
      Pages 291-316

    6. Climate and Climate Variability in the Arenal River Basin of Costa Rica

      • Jorge A. Amador, Rafael E. Chacón, Sadí Laporte
      Pages 317-349

    7. Nonlinear Forecasting of River Flows in Colombia Based Upon ENSO and Its Associated Economic Value for Hydropower Generation

      • Germán Poveda, Oscar J. Mesa, Peter R. Waylen
      Pages 351-371

    8. Climate Variability and Climate Change, and Their Impacts on the Freshwater Resources in the Border Region

      • Víctor O. Magaña, Cecilia Conde
      Pages 373-391

    9. Land Cover Changes and Climate Fluctuations in the Upper San Pedro River Basin in Sonora, Mexico

      • Hector M. Arias
      Pages 393-402
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About this book

Climate and Water: Transboundary Challenges in the Americas explores some of the ways that climate, hydrology, and water resource management converge at the borders between jurisdictions and countries in the western Hemisphere. This book is unique in focusing on case studies of climate-hydrology-water resource management in diverse contexts in South, Central, and North America. This book is singular in highlighting important problems arising from the very existence of boundaries drawn and defined by society. Addressing such problems takes on increasing urgency as the world becomes ever more inter connected and interdependent.

Target groups for this book include water resource managers and decision makers at levels from the international to the local; scientists involved in interdisciplinary studies of basic and applied climatology, hydrology, and environmental studies; and readers specializing in institutional analyses, including transboundary water law, policy analysis, and risk assessment. This book is also a useful text for college classes addressing natural resources management in general, and the transfer of scientific knowledge to society.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Climate Diagnostics Center, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Boulder, USA

    Henry F. Diaz

  • Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    Barbara J. Morehouse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Climate and Water

  • Book Subtitle: Transboundary Challenges in the Americas

  • Editors: Henry F. Diaz, Barbara J. Morehouse

  • Series Title: Advances in Global Change Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1250-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1529-8Published: 31 August 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6386-1Published: 18 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-1250-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1574-0919

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1621

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 402

  • Number of Illustrations: 112 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrogeology, Environmental Management, Climate Change

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