Arizona water policy
Subtitle: management innovations in an urbanizing, arid region
By: edited by Bonnie G. Colby and Katharine L. Jacobs.
Contributors: Colby, Bonnie G.; Jacobs, Katharine L.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Issues in water resource policy
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781933115344
Subjects: Water-supply -- Government policy -- Arizona; Water-supply -- Arizona -- Management
Notes: "This book is given by Karen Schimpf in honor of her son, Yanis Plakos"--Bookplate.

"An RFF Press book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Water management challenges in an arid region: key policy issues / Katharine L. Jacobs and Bonnie G. Colby; title: Shaped by water: an Arizona historical perspective / Jack L. August, Jr., and Grady Gammage, Jr.; title: Balancing competing interests: Institutional context: the history of state and federal water laws / Michael J. Pearce; title: The water supply of Arizona: the geographic distribution of availability and patterns of use / Mark T. Anderson, Donald R. Pool, and Stanley A. Leake; title: Drought, climate variability, and implications for water supply and management / Gregg Garfin, Michael A. Crimmins, and Katharine L. Jacobs; title: Water transactions: enhancing supply reliability during drought / Bonnie G. Colby, Dana R. Smith, and Katherine Pittenger; title: Sustaining people, habitats, and ecosystems: the challenge of integrating water policy and the environment / Patrick J. Graham; title: The disconnect between water law and hydrology / Robert Glennon; title: Protecting the supply: Arizona's water quality challenges / Karen L. Smith and Charles G. Graf; title: Implications of federal farm policy and state regulation on agricultural water use / George B. Frisvold, Paul N. Wilson, and Robert Needham; title: Urban growth and water supply / James M. Holway; title: Water supply and management in rural Arizona / Katharine L. Jacobs and Linda S. Stitzer; title: Arizona's recharge and recovery programs / Sharon B. Megdal; title: Tribal water claims and settlements within regional water management / Dana R. Smith and Bonnie G. Colby; title: Lessons for semiarid regions facing growth and competition for water / Bonnie G. Colby, Katharine L. Jacobs, and Dana R. Smith.