1st Edition
Arizona Water Policy Management Innovations in an Urbanizing, Arid Region
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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The central challenge for Arizona and many other arid regions in the world is keeping a sustainable water supply in the face of rapid population growth and other competing demands. This book highlights new approaches that Arizona has pioneered for managing its water needs. The state has burgeoning urban areas, large agricultural regions, water dependent habitats for endangered fish and wildlife,... Read more
Contents
Figures and Tables
Foreword
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments
1. Water Management Challenges in an Arid Region: Key Policy Issues
2. Shaped by Water: An Arizona Historical Perspective
3. Balancing Competing Interests: The History of State and Federal Water Laws
4. The Water Supply of Arizona: The Geographic Distribution of Availability and Patterns of Use
5. Drought, Climate Variability, and Implications for Water Supply and Management
6. Water Transactions: Enhancing Supply Reliability during Drought
7. Sustaining People, Habitats, and Ecosystems: The Challenge of Integrating Water Policy and the Environment
8. The Disconnect between Water Law and Hydrology
9. Protecting the Supply: Arizona‘s Water Quality Challenges
10. Implications of Federal Farm Policy and State Regulation on Agricultural Water Use
11. Urban Growth and Water Supply
12. Water Supply and Management in Rural Arizona
13. Arizona‘s Recharge and Recovery Programs
14. Tribal Water Claims and Settlements within Regional Water Management
15. Lessons for Semiarid Regions Facing Growth and Competition for Water
Index
Biography
Bonnie G. Colby is a professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of Arizona. Her previous books include Braving the Currents: Resolving Conflicts Over the River Basins of the West. Katharine L. Jacobs is the executive director of the Arizona Water Institute, a consortium of the three Arizona state universities, and has more than 20 years experience in water management.
'A brilliant introduction to water conflicts, politics, and economics in a desert state renowned for little water and much innovation. This book has important lessons for coping with looming water shortages in virtually every river basin and nation worldwide.' Bruce Babbitt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1993 - 2001), Governor of Arizona (1978 - 1987) 'A very informative and valuable work. Those interested in the complexity of issues in arid regions will find a wealth of information.' David S. Brookshire, University of New Mexico
