The Drought Dilemma: States, Innovation, and the Politics of Water Quantity (Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics)

Synopsis

Water policy in United States is one of the most complex topics in the field of public policy. This book, a comparative study of Texas, California, and Alabama’s drought response, provides for the first time a common framework for analysis to investigate how water scarcity and droughts have interacted with various state-level factors to produce a wide degree of variance in policy innovations. Using Toddi Steelman’s (2010) conceptual framework, the authors examine multiple variables that impact water policy innovation, while showing how one policy solution does not fit all. They expertly demonstrate divergence in water policies due to the environmental cultures, water distribution, and structures in each case, despite similar drought conditions.As water is increasingly stressed in the future, the ability to draw on lessons learned by these states will provide valuable insight to other entities that face droughts and water shortages. The Drought Dilemma is a must read for all those looking for recommendations for the construction of drought policy, as well as future approaches to understand comparative state drought policy.

Copyright:

2024

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781040091463

Related ISBNs:

9781003498537, 9781032761374, 9781040091449

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

04/16/24

Copyrighted By:

Jonathan D. Farley, Jonathan M. Fisk, and John C. Morris, The right of Jonathan D. Farley, Jonathan M. Fisk, and John C. Morris to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Politics and Government

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