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Climate, Climatic Change, and Water Supply

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Size: 132 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1977

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Panel on Water and Climate, Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Board, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-x
Overview and Recommendations	1-22	(skim)
I. Climatology	23-24	(skim)
1. Water Supply and the Future Climate	25-33	(skim)
2. Interpretation of Past Climatic Variability from Paleoenvironmental Indicators	34-46	(skim)
II. Socio-Economic Considerations	47-48	(skim)
3. Methods for Estimating and Projecting Water Demands for Water-Resources Planning	49-69	(skim)
4. Climatic Change and Water Law	70-84	(skim)
5. Identification of Economic and Societal Impacts of Water Shortages	85-96	(skim)
III. Water-Resource Design and Practice	97-98	(skim)
6. Water-Resource Systems Planning	99-110	(skim)
7. Climatic Change and Water Supply: How Sensitive is the Northeast?	111-120	(skim)
8. Impact on the Colorado River Basin and Southwest Water Supply	121-132	(skim)

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