Author: Texas. Parks and Wildlife DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Land and Water Resources Conservation and Recreation Plan
Author: Texas. Parks and Wildlife DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Land and Water Resources Conservation and Recreation Plan
Author: Texas. Parks and Wildlife DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Water Code
Author: TexasCombined Licences (COLs) for South Texas Project Electric Generating Station Units 3 and 4
Author: Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2010, Part 1, 111-1 Hearings
Author: The Impact of Global Warming on Texas
Author: Jurgen SchmandtPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292773366
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
When The Impact of Global Warming on Texas was first published in 1995, it discussed climate change as a likely future phenomenon, predicted by scientific studies. This entirely rewritten second edition presents evidence that early climate change impacts can now be observed and identifies the threats climate change will pose to Texas through the year 2050. It also offers the hopeful message that corrective action, if taken now, can avert unmanageable consequences. The book begins with a discussion of climate science and modeling and the information that can be derived from these sources for Texas. The authors follow this with an analysis of actual climate trends in the various Texas climate regions, including a predicted rise in temperatures of 5.4 degrees F (plus or minus 1.8 F) by the end of the century. This could lead to less rainfall and higher evaporation, especially in regions that are already dry. Other important effects include possible changes in El Niño (climate variability) patterns and hurricane behaviors. Taking into account projected population growth, subsequent chapters explore likely trends with respect to water availability, coastal impacts, and biodiversity. The authors then look at the issues from a policy perspective, focusing on Texas's importance to the national economy as an energy producer, particularly of oil and gas. They recommend that Texas develop its own climate change policy to serve the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing energy independence, ensuring regional security, and improving management of water, air, land, and wildlife.
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Water Resources Development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in West Virginia
Author: Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan
Author: Canterbury (N.Z.). Environment CanterburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canterbury (N.Z.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136498877
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The State of the World's Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture is FAO's first flagship publication on the global status of land and water resources. It is an 'advocacy' report, to be published every three to five years, and targeted at senior level decision makers in agriculture as well as in other sectors. SOLAW is aimed at sensitizing its target audience on the status of land resources at global and regional levels and FAO's viewpoint on appropriate recommendations for policy formulation. SOLAW focuses on these key dimensions of analysis: (i) quantity, quality of land and water resources, (ii) the rate of use and sustainable management of these resources in the context of relevant socio-economic driving factors and concerns, including food security and poverty, and climate change. This is the first time that a global, baseline status report on land and water resources has been made. It is based on several global spatial databases (e.g. land suitability for agriculture, land use and management, land and water degradation and depletion) for which FAO is the world-recognized data source. Topical and emerging issues on land and water are dealt with in an integrated rather than sectoral manner. The implications of the status and trends are used to advocate remedial interventions which are tailored to major farming systems within different geographic regions.