[MCN] Speaking of water, growth, and climate, .....

[Lance Olsen]

Are U.S. States Prepared to Manage Water in a Changing Climate?
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/u-s-states-prepared-manage-water-changing-climate
An empirical study of water allocation and 
planning in five states concludes that they lack 
a statewide strategy to manage the impacts of 
climate change on water resources.

SOURCE: Water Resources Research doi:10.1002/2015WR018431
By Terri Cook 18 April 2016

2 closing paragraphs:

"The data show that state water managers are not 
always willing to enforce rules when taking 
action is inconsistent with other state 
priorities, such as economic development - or 
when it could expose the agency to political 
attacks.

"   ....  The authors conclude that this lack of 
a statewide strategy largely means local 
communities, large and small, must fend for 
themselves to understand and respond to climate 
change-related risks to their local water 
supplies; communities unable to fend for 
themselves may be at increasing risk with respect 
to their water resources. (Water Resources 
Research, doi:10.1002/2015WR018431, 2016)"

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" Our results showed that urban expansion around 
protected areas will continue to be a major 
threat, and expand by 67% under business-as-usual 
conditions."

Sebastián Martinuzzi et al. Scenarios of future 
land use change around United States' protected 
areas. Biological Conservation 184 (2015) 446-455

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"The failure to give adequate consideration to widespread cumulative time-lags
often masks the full extent of biodiversity 
changes that have already been triggered."

Diversity and Distributions, May 2015
Historical legacies accumulate to shape future 
biodiversity in an era of rapid global change
Franz Essl, Stefan Dullinger, Wolfgang Rabitsch, 
Philip E. Hulme, Petr Pysek, John R. U. Wilson 
and David M. Richardson

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12312/abstract
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