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Ready for Anything: Adaptive Capacity in Western States' Water Plans

Creator:

Cogan, Leah R.

Abstract:

In the western United States, climate change is likely to bring greater uncertainty and extreme events outside the range for which water infrastructure, governance, and allocation mechanisms have been designed. In addition, many water systems already struggle with issues of institutional fragmentation, ineffective governance, and unsustainable management practices. Adaptive capacity,...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Diagnosing barriers to climate change adaptation Oregon state agencies

Creator:

Dello, Kathie D.

Abstract:

Despite a history of leadership and creative approaches to environmental issues, Oregon has struggled to adequately prepare for the current and future impacts of climate change. Oregon faces barriers and limits to understanding, planning, and implementing climate adaptation that can be examined and quantified. Climate change makes for an additional...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

Creator:

Pakenham Stevenson, Anna

Abstract:

One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited water resources. In recognition of localized responses to natural resource challenges, there has been considerable work in the area of adaptive capacity and collaborative governance to help understand a community’s capacity to manage change. This study...

Resource Type:

Dissertation