  Major Funding Sources
Use of Climate Diagnostics
Tue, 04/17/2012 - 08:18 — gerbersl
The coupling of human and natural systems poses at least three major types of climate-related risks to human populations and economic activity in western North America:
• Exposure of human communities to weather extremes—from cyclones to drought
• Dependence of growing populations on limited water supplies in this arid region
• Climate and water-related agricultural production risk
This human dimensions project supported by the Inter-american Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) builds on the IAI’s CRN II Project 2048 on tropical cyclones by improving understanding of the combined impacts of East Pacific cyclones and the North American Monsoon on human systems, and mobilizes this knowledge to disseminate climate and water information to decision-makers, managers, and water users.
Project P. I(s):
Dr. Robert G. Varady
Project Co. P.I(s):
Dr. Margaret Wilder
Project Home institution or organization:
The University of Arizona University of Arizona Project Departments, Institutes and/or Centers Involved in Project:
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Project Sponsors and/or Funding Source(s):
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
Project Region:
Americas
Project Region:
Americas: North America
Project Country/Countries:
Mexico
Project Country/Countries:
United States
Type of Project or Activity:
Partnerships
Type of Project or Activity:
Research
Documents:
Project Website:
http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/iai/index.php |
