Spring,
May 30, 2012
Arizona Water Resource
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Susanna Eden ed.
20 vol.
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no. 2
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12 pp.
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Water Resources Research Center
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Tucson, AZ
When the captain announced the plane’s descent, I put my book down and peered out the window as I always do. I saw sand dunes first, leading my eye to a small mountain range flanked by dirt roads and farm fields. The mountains framed successive basins, each with the same dry ground spotted with desert shrubs. After the next range, a city emerged. Densely packed buildings appeared beside finished roads. And the canals ran from the farm fields into the city, running full next to dry riverbeds. It looked a lot like Tucson. But I was in Torreon, Mexico...more
Table of Contents:
Features
- Mexico Visit Strengthens Understanding of Shared Environmental Interests
- Arizona and the Southwest Face Heightened Fire Threat
Student Spotlight
Announcements
- WRRC Student Takes Young Professional Prize at AZ Water Conference
- Webinar Series on Water Conservation for the Environment Offered
- U.S. Water Prizes Awarded
- Wild About Water
News Briefs
Legislation
Special Features
Guest View
- Watering the Sun Corridor Water Policy Workshop by Jim Holway
Resources
- Adaptation and Resilience: The Economics of Climate, Water and Energy Challenges in the American Southwest
- The Water-Energy Nexus in the American West
- Arizona Blue Ribbon Panel on Water Sustainability
- Science-Policy Dialogues for Addressing Vulnerability and Adaptation to Global Change in the Arid Americas