| Title | Upland watershed management and global change: Canada's Rocky Mountains and western plains |
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| Author | Sauchyn, D; Demuth, M; Pietroniro, A |
| Source | Managing water resources in a time of global change: mountains, valleys and flood plains; by Garrido, A (ed.); Dinar, A (ed.); 2009 p. 32-49 |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20080652 |
| Alt Series | Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy |
| Publisher | Routledge (London, UK/New York, USA) |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper |
| Province | Alberta; British Columbia; Saskatchewan |
| NTS | 62E; 62L; 62M; 63D; 63E; 63L; 63M; 64D; 64E; 64L; 64M; 72; 73; 74; 82; 83; 84; 93I; 93P; 94A; 94H; 94I; 94P |
| Area | Rocky Mountains; Western Plains; North Saskathewan River; South Saskatchewan River; Bow River; Red Deer River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -122.0000 -102.0000 60.0000 49.0000 |
| Subjects | hydrogeology; Nature and Environment; resource management; surface waters; water utilization; watersheds; glaciers; glaciology; hydrologic budget; hydrologic environment; climate; runoff; snow; stream
flow; flow regimes; precipitation; models; Water supply; Drought |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; graphs; tables; time series |
| Program | NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada |
| Program | Manitoba Hydro, Funding Program |
| Program | Alberta Environment, Funding Program |
| Program | Environment Canada, Funding Program |
| Program | Climate Change Geoscience |
| Released | 2009 01 01 |
| Abstract | Myths of abundant and stationary water resources have influenced water policy and management in western Canada. Data presented in this chapter demonstrate that water use, policy and management were
established during a period of fairly stable and reliable water supplies as compared to preceding and projected hydrological regimes. These data include tree-ring and historical evidence of prolonged drought, recent trends (glacier wastage, declining
snowmelt runoff and summer flows), and global circulation models (GCM)-based scenarios of precipitation and runoff. We consider how water policy and management might be adjusted to compensate for a long-term view of the surface hydrology that
includes more prolonged drought and lower average flows than observed and experienced in the twentieth century. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 226364 |
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