GENESIS AND ANATOMY OF WATER RESOURCES ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT: COMPONENTS, APPROACHES, BENEFITS

摘要

Adaptive management is a term that is currently being used to describe a number of approaches being taken to either manage or restore many large and complex environmental systems, which include: 1. The Upper Mississippi River (NRC, 2004), 2. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River (NRC, 2004), 3. The Florida Everglades (NRC, 2004), 4. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta (CALFED) (NRC, 2004), and 5. The Lake Tahoe Watershed (Murphy and Knopp, 2000).