Climate change :: select federal efforts to monitor impacts on water infrastructure and resources /

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...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781631175855
1631175858