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Author : Julian Fulton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781893790469
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (94 download)
Download or read book California's Water Footprint written by Julian Fulton and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julian Fulton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (919 download)
Download or read book California's Water Footprint written by Julian Fulton and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation presents three studies on California's water footprint, which is defined as the amount of water required to produce everyday goods and services demanded by California consumers on a yearly basis. Such a consumption-based indicator of water use is novel, and I introduce water footprint science as an expanded reading of water that adds value to conventional approaches to understanding society's relationship with water resources. California, as a water-limited state, presents a useful case study for examining how demands on water resources have shifted within and outside of the region through its water footprint. The Introduction section discusses the history of water use in California from a conventional perspective as well as what water footprint assessment, as an evolving science, might offer in terms of an expanded reading of water for sustainability decision making. The first study (Chapter 2) shows that scaling water footprint assessment to the state level both illuminates California's unique arrangement with respect to internal and external water resources and provides a basis for policy consideration at a relevant decision-making level. The second study (Chapter 3) focuses on the water footprint of California's energy system in order to show how environmental policymaking, particularly climate mitigation policies in the energy sector, can result in maladaptation with respect to water systems and that water footprint assessment provides a useful tool for avoiding redistribution of water impacts. The third study (Chapter 4) presents a time-series of California's overall water footprint, indicating an externalization of water footprint demands in recent decades and a decreasing of dependence on internal water resources for instate consumption of everyday goods. The Conclusion section reflects on what water footprint assessment has thus far provided in terms of an expanded reading of water for California, and how that information might support sustainability decision making in various facets of governance. I identify shortcomings of the method and ways in which improvements can be made in the future, particularly through interdisciplinary research. Water footprint information offers important insights into California's recent development as well as tools for developing future sustainable transitions.
Author : Wolfram Schlenker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022661980X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior written by Wolfram Schlenker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural yields have increased steadily in the last half century, particularly since the Green Revolution. At the same time, inflation-adjusted agricultural commodity prices have been trending downward as increases in supply outpace the growth of demand. Recent severe weather events, biofuel mandates, and a switch toward a more meat-heavy diet in emerging economies have nevertheless boosted commodity prices. Whether this is a temporary jump or the beginning of a longer-term trend is an open question. Agricultural Productivity and Producer Behavior examines the factors contributing to the remarkably steady increase in global yields and assesses whether yield growth can continue. This research also considers whether agricultural productivity growth has been, and will be, associated with significant environmental externalities. Among the topics studied are genetically modified crops; changing climatic factors; farm production responses to government regulations including crop insurance, transport subsidies, and electricity subsidies for groundwater extraction; and the role of specific farm practices such as crop diversification, disease management, and water-saving methods. This research provides new evidence that technological as well as policy choices influence agricultural productivity.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Characterizing the Spatial-temporal Distribution of California's Agricultural Water Utilization Using a Water Footprint Analysis in R written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Different activities utilize water resources at different rates, rely on different water sources, and thus have a different "footprint" in regard to their water demand. However, the water footprint of these activities differs depending on the region and the time when the activity occurs. In popular literature, the footprint metric has seen some success in the ability to represent the large magnitude of human resource consumption, to more relatable per-capita quantities. However, these depictions are often based on global surveys that mask regional variability in water use. This thesis presents a framework for agricultural water footprint assessment, implemented using free and open source software. It explores the variability of the water footprint of select agricultural activities in the State of California from 2008 through 2015. The results describe a diverse landscape of water use variability driven primarily by crop choice. The study reveals that crop specific water footprints can have significant, inter-annual variability, independent of climatic conditions. Supported by water distribution infrastructure, agricultural activities can be found across the state. Water footprint assessments can be used by growers and resource managers, who wish to maximize utility per unit of water allocated, planners who wish to understand national risks and strengths, or the informed citizen who wishes to evaluate the sustainability of their consumptive activities
Author : Ellen Hanak
Publisher : Public Policy Instit. of CA
ISBN 13 : 1582131414
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Managing California's Water written by Ellen Hanak and published by Public Policy Instit. of CA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernest A. Engelbert
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520309898
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Competition for California Water written by Ernest A. Engelbert and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California’s water is at the center of an intense economic and political struggle. A balance between supply and demand must be reached, but it is far from certain that all Californians will get as much water as they want at a price they feel is right. Competition for California Water presents essential information on key issues, including: Costs: What would be the yields and what would be the costs, in dollars as well as less tangible values, of developing new sources of water? Cost-sharing: How much of the cost of water development and distribution should be borne by the general public, and how much by water users and other beneficiaries? Environmental protection: To what extent should environmental values be protected? Conservation: To what extent can the need for new water development be offset by conservation and more efficient use of water? Institutional reform: Can changes in the laws and institutions of California produce a more efficient system of water supply and management? Agriculture: How much increase in cost and/or loss of water can California agriculture bear and still remain competitive? Thirty-one experts on all aspects of this topic project alternative futures for California’s water supply. Written in nontechnical language, Competition for California Water is an invaluable source of information for Californians concerned with the future of their state. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
Author : Allison Lassiter
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520285352
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Water written by Allison Lassiter and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure are impacting water security around the globe. Struggling with the most significant drought in its recorded history, California faces all of these challenges to secure reliable water supplies for the future. The unfolding story of California water includes warnings and solutions for any region seeking to manage water among the pressures of a dynamic society and environment. Written by leading policy makers, lawyers, economists, hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and planners, Sustainable Water reaches across disciplines to address problems and solutions for the sustainable use of water in urban areas. The solutions and ideas put forward in this book integrate water management strategies to increase resilience in a changing world. Contributors: John T. Andrew, Carolina Balazs, Celeste Cantú, Juliet Christian-Smith, Matthew Deitch, Caitlin Dyckman, Howard Foster, Julian Fulton, Peter Gleick, Brian E. Gray, Ellen Hanak, Maurice Hall, Michael Hanemann, Sasha Harris-Lovett, Matthew Heberger, G. Mathias Kondolf, Jay Lund, Damian Park, Kristen Podolak, John Radke, Isha Ray, David Sedlak, Fraser Shilling, Daniel Wendell, Robert Wilkinson, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Sarah Yarnell
Author : Jacob Teter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Water Use Implications of California's Future Transportation Fuels written by Jacob Teter and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Carle
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520287894
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Water in California written by David Carle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in agriculture, the environment, and politics. Essential reading in a state facing the future with an overextended water supply, this fascinating book shows that, for all Californians, every drop counts. New to this updated edition: * Additional maps, figures, and photos * Expanded coverage of potential impacts to precipitation, snowpack, and water supply from climate change * Updated information about the struggle for water management and potential solutions * New content about sustainable groundwater use and regulation, desalination, water recycling, stormwater capture, and current proposals for water storage and diversion *Additional table summarizing water sources for 360 California cities and towns
Author : Ellen Hanak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book California Water Myths written by Ellen Hanak and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dongfeng Li
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781321367607
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (676 download)
Download or read book Carbon Footprint of Water Embedded in Agricultural Products Exported from California written by Dongfeng Li and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The carbon footprint of embedded water in California's agricultural products has not been thoroughly studied before. However, related topics have been on the table to solve the sustainable development problems. This research tries to find out the energy consumption of the water embedded in the exported agricultural products from California. It also aims to figure out the nation scale distribution of the carbon footprint that was studied in this research. The results show that the water footprint of the agricultural products is around 22.3 Gm3 and the total carbon footprint is 8.9 million metric tons of CO2. The top three regions that have the highest water and carbon footprint are European Union 27, China, and Japan. We studied the carbon footprint by researching the water footprint of all the agricultural products. Based on the energy usage per unit water sources published by the California Energy Commission and the global average water footprint of agricultural products from previous work (Hoekstra, 2007), we calculated the carbon-equivalent of the agricultural products' carbon footprint. And based on the result that the carbon footprint of the embedded water of agricultural products is only 2% of the total carbon budget with the water footprint contributes to 25% of the total, we believe that California has performed well in managing the energy in agriculture-water area, but it still has improvement space in the management of the water resource.
Author : California. Department of Water Resources
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The California Water Plan Update written by California. Department of Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur L. Littleworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book California Water II written by Arthur L. Littleworth and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Leahy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770852952
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Your Water Footprint written by Stephen Leahy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of water usage which combines infographics with a narrative detailing the typical volume of water necessary for common applications, from creating fuel to flushing the toilet.
Author : Arthur L. Littleworth
Publisher : Solano Press Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book California Water written by Arthur L. Littleworth and published by Solano Press Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : California. Department of Water Resources
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book California Water Plan Highlights written by California. Department of Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Allison Lassiter
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520960874
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Water written by Allison Lassiter and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure are impacting water security around the globe. Struggling with the most significant drought in its recorded history, California faces all of these challenges to secure reliable water supplies for the future. The unfolding story of California water includes warnings and solutions for any region seeking to manage water among the pressures of a dynamic society and environment. Written by leading policy makers, lawyers, economists, hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and planners, Sustainable Water reaches across disciplines to address problems and solutions for the sustainable use of water in urban areas. The solutions and ideas put forward in this book integrate water management strategies to increase resilience in a changing world. Contributors: John T. Andrew, Carolina Balazs, Celeste Cantú, Juliet Christian-Smith, Matthew Deitch, Caitlin Dyckman, Howard Foster, Julian Fulton, Peter Gleick, Brian E. Gray, Ellen Hanak, Maurice Hall, Michael Hanemann, Sasha Harris-Lovett, Matthew Heberger, G. Mathias Kondolf, Jay Lund, Damian Park, Kristen Podolak, John Radke, Isha Ray, David Sedlak, Fraser Shilling, Daniel Wendell, Robert Wilkinson, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Sarah Yarnell
