Storm warning : water and climate security in a changing world
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771601450 (paperback) :
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Physical Description:
regular print
xi, 249 pages ; 23 cm. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Victoria, British Columbia : RMB, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword: The critical role of science in assuring water and climate security in Canada -- Come hell and high water: scientific truth and consequences in Hollywood disaster movies -- A storm is coming: emerging perspectives on the state and fate of Canada's water supply -- Arctic trade-offs: the implications of a rapidly warming north -- Climate and the cryosphere: the snows of yesteryear and the future of the mountain west -- The genie is out of the bottle: hydrological stability has been lost and there are consequences -- Considering the storm: lessons learned from the western Canadian floods of 2013 and other disasters -- For whom the bell tolls: Lake Winnipeg and the prairies in the anthropocene -- Visualizing a different tomorrow: the Columbia River reconsidered -- Fire and water: establishing a roadmap for adapting to climate change effects on water -- Knowledge is power: building a better bridge between science and public policy. |
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Subject: | Hydrologic cycle Climatic changes Water security Water-supply |
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Gibsons Public Library | 551.48 SANF (Text) | 30886001014097 | Adult Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |