Addressing climate change in local water agency plans demonstrating a simplified robust decision making approach in the California Sierra foothills

This report describes an approach for planning under deep uncertainty, Robust Decision Making (RDM), and demonstrates its use by the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID). Using RDM, the authors and EID tested the robustness of current long-term water management plans and more robust alternatives acro...

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Main Author: Groves, David G.
Other Authors: Bloom, Evan, Johnson, David R., Yates, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica RAND Corporation 2013, 2013
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This report describes an approach for planning under deep uncertainty, Robust Decision Making (RDM), and demonstrates its use by the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID). Using RDM, the authors and EID tested the robustness of current long-term water management plans and more robust alternatives across more than 50 futures reflecting different assumptions about future climate, urban growth, and the availability of important new supplies
Physical Description:112 pages
ISBN:0833082566
9780833082565