Water Policy and Planning in a Variable and Changing Climate

OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND Introduction: The Context for Western Water Policy and Planning Kathleen A. Miller, Alan F. Hamlet, and Douglas S. Kenney Natural Variability, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and Impacts on Water Availability and Flood Extremes in the Western United States Daniel R. Cayan, Michael D. Dettinger, David Pierce, Tapash Das, Noah Knowles, F. Martin Ralph, and Edwin Sumargo WATER POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE Key Legal Issues in Western Water Management and Climate Adaptation Denise D. Fort The West's Water-Multiple Uses, Conflicting Values, Interconnected Fates David Lewis Feldman Protection and Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems Brian D. Richter, Emily Maynard Powell, Tyler Lystash, and Michelle Faggert Climate Variability and Adaptive Capacities of Intergovernmental Arrangements: Encouraging Problem Solving and Managing Conflict Edella Schlager Support for Drought Response and Community Preparedness: Filling the Gaps between Plans and Action Kelly Helm Smith, Crystal J. Stiles, Michael J. Hayes, and Christopher J. Carparelli Providing Climate Science to Real-World Policy Decisions: A Scientist's View from the Trenches Andrea J. Ray Using the Past to Plan for the Future-The Value of Paleoclimate Reconstructions for Water Resource Planning Connie A. Woodhouse, Jeffrey J. Lukas, Kiyomi Morino, David M. Meko, and Katherine K. Hirschboeck CASE STUDIES: REGIONAL ISSUES AND INSIGHTS ON ADAPTATION PATHWAYS The Columbia River Treaty and the Dynamics of Transboundary Water Negotiations in a Changing Environment: How Might Climate Change Alter the Game? Barbara Cosens, Alexander Fremier, Nigel Bankes, and John Abatzoglou California, a State of Extremes: Management Framework for Present-Day and Future Hydroclimate Extremes Jeanine Jones California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Reflections on Science, Policy, Institutions, and Management in the Anthropocene Richard B. Norgaard California's Climate Change Response Strategy: Integrated Policy and Planning for Water, Energy, and Land Robert C. Wilkinson California's Irrigated Agriculture and Innovations in Adapting to Water Scarcity Heather Cooley Responses of Southern California's Urban Water Sector to Changing Stresses and Increased Uncertainty: Innovative Approaches Celeste Cantu Climate Change and Allocation Institutions in the Colorado River Basin Jason A. Robison Using Large-Scale Flow Experiments to Rehabilitate Colorado River Ecosystem Function in Grand Canyon: Basis for an Adaptive Climate-Resilient Strategy Theodore S. Melis, William E. Pine, III, Josh Korman, Michael D. Yard, Shaleen Jain, and Roger S. Pulwarty Integration of Surface Water and Groundwater Rights: Colorado's Experience Thomas V. Cech Floods as Unnatural Disasters: The Role of Law Sandra B. Zellmer and Christine A. Klein Adaptive Management and Governance Lessons from a Semiarid River Basin: A Platte River Case Study Chadwin B. Smith, Jason M. Farnsworth, David M. Baasch, and Jerry F. Kenny Drought as an Opportunity for Legal and Institutional Change in Texas Ronald Kaiser

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