05500cam a2200553Ii 4500 ocn958563300 OCoLC 20190328114816.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 160917t20172017ne ab ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng rda pn EBLCP YDX GZM OPELS IDEBK OCLCF XII GGVRL MERER IDB N$T OCLCQ UPM U3W MERUC D6H OCLCQ 958447843 958780542 961411219 964534939 964650310 965760342 9780128032381 (electronic bk.) 0128032383 (electronic bk.) 9780128032374 0128032375 (OCoLC)958563300 (OCoLC)958447843 (OCoLC)958780542 (OCoLC)961411219 (OCoLC)964534939 (OCoLC)964650310 (OCoLC)965760342 n-us--- e------ TD223 .C66 2017 TEC 010000 bisacsh 628.10973 23 Competition for water resources : experiences and management approaches in the US and Europe / [electronic resource] edited by Jadwiga R. Ziolkowska, Jeffrey M. Peterson. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2017. �2017 1 online resource (xvii, 460 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Front Cover; Competition for Water Resources; Competition for Water Resources: Experiences and Management Approaches in the US and Europe; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgment; 1 -- Regional Water Scarcity Problems; 1.1 -- Meeting the Challenge of Water Scarcity in the Western United States; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. OVERVIEW OF WATER IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES; 2.1 Resource Availability; 2.2 Water Use; 2.3 Water Management; 3. ADDRESSING WATER SCARCITY; 3.1 Water Development; 3.2 Conservation; 3.3 Water Transfers. 4. STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE OF WATER RESOURCES4.1 State Authority; 4.2 Federal Influence; 4.3 Tribal Water Claims; 4.4 Local Collaboration; 5. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 1.2 -- Competition for Water Resources From the European Perspective; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE "GREAT DIVIDE" OF THE EUROPEAN UNION; 3. THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; 4. WISHFUL THINKING OR A DANGEROUS MISMATCH?; 5. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 1.3 -- Institutional Aspects and Policy Background of Water Scarcity Problems in the United States; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. INSTREAM FLOWS; 3. SPECIFICATION OF APPROPRIATIVE RIGHTS. 4. TRANSFERABILITY OF APPROPRIATIVE RIGHTS5. ENFORCEMENT OF APPROPRIATIVE WATER RIGHTS; 6. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 2 -- Areas of Competition for Water Resources -- Experiences from the US and Europe; 2.1 -- Water for Food Production; 2.1.1 -- Challenges for US Irrigated Agriculture in the Face of Emerging Demands and Climate Change ; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND CHALLENGES FOR US IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; 2.1 Challenges Facing Irrigated Agriculture; 2.1.1 Native American Water Rights; 2.1.2 Instream (Environmental) Flows; 2.1.3 Water for Energy Expansion. 2.1.4 Climate Change and Water Resources2.2 The Challenge for Agricultural Water Conservation; 2.2.1 Sustainability of US Western Irrigated Agriculture; 2.2.2 Sustainability of US Eastern Irrigated Agriculture; 3. HOW IMPORTANT IS IRRIGATION TO US AGRICULTURE?; 3.1 Where Does Irrigation Occur and What Does It Produce?; 3.2 How Much Water Is Applied, What Is Its Source, and What Does It Cost?; 4. HOW EFFICIENT IS IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE?; 5. IRRIGATION INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING SOURCES; 6. WATER CONSERVATION POLICY: A WATERSHED PERSPECTIVE; REFERENCES. 2.1.2 -- The Water-Energy Nexus and Irrigated Agriculture in the United States: Trends and Analyses1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TRENDS IN US IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; 2.1 Irrigated Acreage, Water Rates, and Energy Costs per Acre for the United States; 2.2 Regional Irrigated Acreage, Water Use, and Energy Costs; 3. IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION MODEL: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; 3.1 Model; 3.2 Data; 3.3 Decision Variables and Management Regime; 4. REGIONAL GROUNDWATER USAGE: WATER AVAILABILITY AND ENERGY COSTS; 4.1 Abundant Groundwater Supplies; 4.2 Scarce Groundwater Supplies; 5. CONCLUSIONS. This book addresses the escalation of global issues regarding water scarcity and the necessary, cost-effective strategies that must be put in place in order to deal with escalating water crisis. It evaluates use and competition for water resources in the U.S. and Europe, emphasizing the problems and challenges of dealing with tradeoffs in water. Water-supply United States. Water-supply Europe. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Environmental General. bisacsh Water-supply. fast (OCoLC)fst01172350 Europe. fast (OCoLC)fst01245064 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Electronic books. Ziolkowska, Jadwiga R., editor. Peterson, Jeffrey M., editor. Print version: Competition for water resources : experiences and management approaches in the US and Europe. Amsterdam : Elsevier, �2017 9780128032374 ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128032374 247418 247418