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February 24, 2010
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
Graduate student research papers
Two Udall Center graduate students, members of the Center's Environmental Policy Programs team, recently published journal articles with their respective major professors.
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and variability in semi-arid and rural southeastern Arizona, USA
Ashley Coles, a doctoral student in the UA School of Geography and Development, and Christopher Scott, assistant professor of water resources policy at the Udall Center and assistant professor of geography and development, are authors of a research paper published in Natural Resources Forum.
Based on interviews with farmers, ranchers, and UA Cooperative Extension county agents, Coles and Scott identify
the
vulnerabilities of agricultural producers to drought, floods, and frost
and the relative importance of their adaptive strategies, including the
use of
information (such as seasonal climate forecasts).
Coles, a member of Scott's Water Policy Research Group, has research interests in water, climate, and vulnerability, particularly in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
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Coles, A.R., and C.A. Scott. 2009. Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and variability in semi-arid and rural southeastern Arizona, USA. Natural Resources Forum 33: 297-309. DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2009.01253.x [link]
Scott Water Policy Research Group [link]
Saving nature under the big tent of ecosystem services: A response to Adams and Redford
Matt Skroch, a master's degree student in the UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and Laura López-Hoffman, assistant professor of environmental policy at the Udall Center and assistant professor of natural resources and the environment, discuss, in a recent issue of Conservation Biology, assumptions about ecosystem services' valuation and application in nature conservation.
Skroch, former executive director of the Sky Island Alliance, a Tucson-based nongovernmental environmental organization, is a member of the López-Hoffman Lab. His research interests include land use planning for conservation, with emphasis on ecosystem services.
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Skroch, M., and L. López-Hoffman. 2010. Saving nature under the big tent of ecosystem services: A response to Adams and Redford. Conservation Biology 24(1): 325-7. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01416.x [link]
López-Hoffman Lab [link]
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BOOK
Water and sustainability in arid regions
Graciela Schneier-Madanes, visiting professor at the Udall Center and a professor of geography with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), has co-edited the book, Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions: Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Social Sciences with Marie-Françoise Courel, former director of Human and Social Sciences at CNRS. The book, published by Springer, discusses water use and management in arid regions of China, the northern Mediterranean, southwestern United States, Iran, the Maghreb region, Argentina and Chile, and Mexico. Schneier-Madanes also is deputy director of the Joint International Unit on Water, Environment and Public Policy, a research partnership between the UA and CNRS, and based at the Udall Center. more>>Schneier-Madanes, G., and M. Courel, eds. 2010. Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions: Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Social Sciences. New York: Springer. ISBN: 978-90-481-2775-7 [ link] Graciela Schneier-Madanes [ link]
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Christopher Scott publishes on water policy
In addition to the article listed above in "Research," Christopher Scott has co-authored five articles published recently online or in print on various aspects of water resources policy.
Scott's research interests include the public policy aspects of water reuse, water-energy nexus, climate and water adaptation, and transboundary waters, particularly along the U.S.-Mexico border. His publications portfolio now comprises:
Urban-agricultural water appropriation: The Hyderabad, India, case
Celio, M., C.A. Scott, and M. Giordano. 2010. The Geographical Journal 176(1): 39-57. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2009.00336.x [link]
Examines the history and institutional response to urban-rural competition for water in the rapidly urbanizing region of Hyderabad, in central India.
Water management and biodiversity conservation interface in Mexico: a geographical analysis
Díaz-Caravantes, R.E., and C.A. Scott. 2009 (online). Applied Geography DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.10.003 [link]
Investigates how conservation areas in northwestern Mexico are
currently being reconfigured by human water use.
Sewage disposal in the Musi River, India: Water quality remediation through irrigation infrastructure
Ensink, J.H.J., C.A. Scott, S. Brooker, and S. Cairncross. 2009 (online). Irrigation and Drainage Systems. DOI: 10.1007/s10795-009-9088-4 [link]
Presents
findings of a survey to quantify spatial and
temporal changes in key water quality parameters along the Musi River,
Hyderabad, India.
Groundwater rights in Mexican agriculture: Spatial distribution and demographic determinants
Scott, C.A., S. Dall'erba, and R. Díaz Caravantes. 2010. Professional Geographer 62(1): 1-15. DOIi: 10.1080/00330120903375837 [link]
Presents a spatial analysis of groundwater-use intensity and aquifer
depletion across Mexico, with a focus on agricultural data.
Energy supply and the expansion of groudwater irrigation in the Indus-Ganges Basin
Scott, C.A., and B. Sharma. 2009. International Journal of River Basin Management 7(1): 1-6. [link]
Examines trends in electricity supply and groundwater development in the Indian portion of the Indus-Ganges Basin over the period, 1980-1999.
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Christopher Scott [link]
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SEMINAR / YOUTH CAMPS
Native Nations Institute Upcoming Events
The Native Nations Institute is hosting several of its highly acclaimed and award-winning educational and outreach events in the coming months.
Executive Education Seminar: Emerging Leaders
March 24-25, 2010 | JW Marriott Starr Pass, Tucson, AZ [link]
Native American Youth Governance Camp
June 14-18, 2010 | UA Campus, Tucson, AZ [link]
Native American Youth Entrepreneur Camp
July 18-23, 2010 | UA Campus, Tucson, AZ [link]
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For more information, contact Norma Montaño or Julian Billy at (520) 626-0664.
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UDALL CENTER
Established in 1987, the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy sponsors
policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research and forums that link scholarship
and education with decision-making. The Center specializes in issues
concerning: (1) environmental policy, primarily in the Southwest and
U.S.-Mexico border region; (2) immigration policy of the United States; and (3) Indigenous nations policy.
NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE
The
Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI), founded in 2001 by the Morris K. Udall Foundation (now Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation) and The
University of Arizona and housed at the Udall Center, serves as a
self-determination, governance, and development resource for Indigenous nations
in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere.
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