Alternative water sources towards increased resilience in the Tucson region

Could we do more?

verfasst von

Kristin Kuhn, Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Edward F. Curley, László G. Hayde

Abstract

The southwestern United States experiences currently what is said to be the worst drought in 500 years (Ingram, 2015). In July 2015 nearly 80% of the region has been classified as under moderate to exceptional drought conditions (National Drought Mitigation Center, 2015), threatening water supply in the state of California. While there are uncertainties about the exact amounts and the time frame of occurrence, supply and demand studies agree that new water supply options need to be developed in the future to meet increasing demand and mitigate the impact of climate change in the Colorado River basin (ADWR, 2014, USBR, 2012, WRDC, 2011).

Externe Organisation(en)

UNESCO
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (IHE)
University of Arizona

Typ

Beitrag in Buch/Sammelwerk

Seiten

337-362

Anzahl der Seiten

26

Publikationsdatum

01.01.2017

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Agrar- und Biowissenschaften, Allgemeine Umweltwissenschaft, Allgemeiner Maschinenbau

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1201/b21583 (Zugang: Geschlossen)