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Adaptation to Extreme Droughts in Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina: Evaluating Adaptive Capacity and Innovative Planning and Management Approaches for States and Their Community Water Systems.

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Title/Author:	Adaptation to Extreme Droughts in Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina: Evaluating Adaptive Capacity and Innovative Planning and Management Approaches for States and Their Community Water Systems./
Author:	Engle, Nathan Lee.
Description:	228 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-03, Section: A, page: .
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International72-03A.
Subject:	Climate Change. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3441206
ISBN:	9781124443133

Adaptation to Extreme Droughts in Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina: Evaluating Adaptive Capacity and Innovative Planning and Management Approaches for States and Their Community Water Systems.
Engle, Nathan Lee.

Adaptation to Extreme Droughts in Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina: Evaluating Adaptive Capacity and Innovative Planning and Management Approaches for States and Their Community Water Systems. - 228 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 72-03, Section: A, page: .

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2010.

Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina have experienced extreme droughts within the past decade. Droughts of even greater intensity will likely increase in the coming years, and other stresses such as population growth will compound the effects of climate variability and change on water resources in these and other states. Decision makers need frameworks that expand the range of options and instill the flexibility necessary to adjust to the predicted and unpredicted changes they will face. Research suggests that innovative approaches such as drought preparedness, integrated water resources management, and adaptive management might instill such flexibility and improve adaptive capacity to droughts.

ISBN: 9781124443133Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Climate Change.

Adaptation to Extreme Droughts in Arizona, Georgia, and South Carolina: Evaluating Adaptive Capacity and Innovative Planning and Management Approaches for States and Their Community Water Systems.
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