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Title
Water scarcity in the American West : unauthorized water use and the new future of water accountability / Isaac M. Castellano.
ISBN
9783030231507 (electronic book)
303023150X (electronic book)
9783030231491
3030231496
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Copyright
©2020
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps
Call Number
HD1695.W4 C37 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.91160978
333.33/90973
Summary
This book examines the role of unauthorized water use in the American West (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) and the coming demand for water accountability. Arguing that status quo responses to unauthorized water use (or water theft) and the protection of water rights are largely inadequate, this title examines the far-ranging impacts of this lackluster response on issues ranging from food production to urban livability, and concludes that there will be intense pressure at both the federal and state level to address these issues. Utilizing qualitative and quantitative models and collaborative management literature to identify ideal approaches, this project ultimately seeks to address this major crisis of states' legitimacy and analyze potential solutions under the ever-expanding threat of climate change.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 09, 2019).
The American West responds to climate change
Water in the American West, water policy and management, and the role of environmental security
American West and unauthorized water use : an examination of the status quo protection of water rights
Water accountability, environmental security, and "adaptation interactions" : explaining water right enforcement capacity among Western states
Empirical assessment of state water rights protection efforts
The state and federal response : probing the possibilities
Moving forward : policy actors and strategy.
