Sustainable Water :Challenges and Solutions from California

Publication subTitle :Challenges and Solutions from California

Author: Lassiter> Allison  

Publisher: University Of California Press‎

Publication year: 2015

E-ISBN: 9780520960879

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780520285361

Subject: N Pandect of Natural Science;P4 Atmospheric science (Meteorology );X5 Environmental Pollution and Prevention

Keyword: 大气科学(气象学),环境污染及其防治,自然科学总论

Language: ENG

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Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure are impacting water security around the globe. Struggling with the most significant drought in its recorded history, California faces all of these challenges to secure reliable water supplies for the future. The unfolding story of California water includes warnings and solutions for any region seeking to manage water among the pressures of a dynamic society and environment.

Written by leading policy makers, lawyers, economists, hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and planners, Sustainable Water reaches across disciplines to address problems and solutions for the sustainable use of water in urban areas. The solutions and ideas put forward in this book integrate water management strategies to increase resilience in a changing world.

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