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Water in the Western United States

Курс от University of Colorado Boulder
Начальный≈ 23.7 чАнглийский
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Water is important to all of us. Water connects people through place, memory, and community. But in places where water is scarce, like the Western United States, water can also be contentious and divisive. How then do we overcome the challenges associated with increased water scarcity while honoring the diverse perspectives of people who rely on shared water? In this course, you will learn about water and climate in the Western United States and join a community of thousands of learners to gain insight into the major legal, political, and cultural issues that make water so complex in the region.

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Water Resource ManagementWater ResourcesEnvironmental IssueHydrologyEnvironmental LawsClimate Change AdaptationPolitical SciencesCivil EngineeringCultural SensitivitySocial StudiesCase StudiesNatural Resource ManagementWater QualityLand ManagementEnvironmental ScienceWater Sustainability

Программа курса

5 модулей · 73 учебных материалов

01Course Introduction12 материалов

Course Overview

Course Updates and Accessibility SupportЧтениеSo You Want to Learn about Water?ЧтениеPre-Course SurveyPLUGINWhy Study Water in the WestВидео

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Eric Gordon

Former Managing Director, Western Water Assessment

Anne U. Gold

Senior Associate Scientist and Director CIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation (CEEE),

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5 модулей

Язык: Английский

Субтитры: Арабский, Французский, Украинский, Китайский (Китай), Греческий, Итальянский, Бразильский португальский, Нидерландский, Корейский, Немецкий, Русский, Тайский, Индонезийский, Шведский, Турецкий, Испанский, Хинди, Японский, Казахский, Польский

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Important Things to Know About the CourseВидео
Your Personal Water StoryОбсуждение

Course Background

Geography of the WestВидеоReview of the Water Cycle (with a focus on the Western US)Видео

Assignment: Water Footprint Activity

Water Footprint ActivityЧтение

Optional Readings and Other Resources

[OPTIONAL] Atlas of the New WestЧтение[OPTIONAL] Beyond the Hundreth MeridianЧтение[OPTIONAL] Climatic fluctuations, drought, and flow in the Colorado River BasinЧтение
02History, Politics, and Culture of Water Development in the Western US12 материалов

History

History and Development of Water in the WestВидеоNative American Tribes and WaterВидеоWater Storage and Delivery InfrastructureВидео

Legal and Political Issues

Prior AppropriationВидеоInterstate Water Conflicts and AgreementsВидеоEnvironmental Flows and the Endangered Species ActВидео

Module 2 Assessment

History, Politics, and Culture QuizЗадание

Assignment: Water Footprint Challenge

Water Footprint Challenge Part 1Задание

Optional Readings and Other Resources

[OPTIONAL] Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United StatesЧтение[OPTIONAL] Colorado River Basin Ten Tribes Partnership Tribal Water StudyЧтение[OPTIONAL] The Emerging Tribal Role in the Colorado River BasinЧтение[OPTIONAL] Suggestions for further readingЧтение
03Hydrology, Water Demand, and Climate in the Western US20 материалов

Climate and Water Supply

Climate in the Western US and Water ResourcesВидеоWater Quality, Aquatic Habitat, and Drinking WaterВидеоGroundwater ResourcesВидеоWatershed ImpactsВидеоRiver and Flash FloodingВидеоImpacts of Climate Change in the Interior WestВидео

Water Demand

Water Demand for AgricultureВидеоWater Demand for Urban AreasВидео

Module 3 Assessment

Hydrology, Water Demand, and Climate QuizЗадание

Assignment: Water Footprint Challenge

Water Footprint Challenge Part 2Задание

Optional Readings and Other Resources

[OPTIONAL] Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwestern United StatesЧтение[OPTIONAL] Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and AdaptationЧтение[OPTIONAL] Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability StudyЧтение[OPTIONAL] Water to Supply the Land: Irrigated Agriculture in the Colorado River BasinЧтение[OPTIONAL] Municipal Deliveries of Colorado River Basin WaterЧтение[OPTIONAL] The twenty-first century Colorado River hot drought and implications for the futureЧтение
04Case Study: The Colorado River Basin14 материалов

Overview of the Colorado River Basin

Geographic and Physical Overview of the Colorado River BasinВидеоHistory of Development of the Colorado River BasinВидеоClimate and the Colorado River Basin: Past, Present, and FutureВидеоThe Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand StudyВидеоPhysical Attributes of the Colorado River and Experimental Flows in the Grand CanyonВидео

Module 4 Assessment

Colorado River Basin QuizЗадание

Assignment: Water Footprint Challenge

Water Footprint Challenge Part 3Задание

Optional Readings and Other Resources

[OPTIONAL] Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand StudyЧтение[OPTIONAL] The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its CanyonsЧтение[OPTIONAL] Water is For Fighting Over and Other Myths about Water in the WestЧтение[OPTIONAL] Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the WestЧтение[OPTIONAL] Colorado River Drought Contingency PlansЧтение[OPTIONAL] West wrestles with Colorado River “grand bargain” as changing climate depletes water governed by 1922 compactЧтение
05Controversial Issues and the Future of Water in the Western US15 материалов

Controversial and Complex Topics in Western Water

A Growing Controversy: Hydraulic Fracturing and Water SuppliesВидеоUnderstanding Water Quality Impacts: Boulder Creek Case StudyВидеоScience, Management, and Reality: The Story of the California Bay DeltaВидеоDoing More With Less: Water Conservation and New Supplies in Las VegasВидеоA Collision of Impacts: The Water-Energy NexusВидео

Module 5 Assessment

Controversial and Complex Topics QuizЗадание

Course Conclusion

What Does the Future Hold?Видео

Optional Readings and Other Resources

[OPTIONAL] EPA's Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water ResourcesЧтение[OPTIONAL] The role of precipitation type, intensity, and spatial distribution in source water quality after wildfireЧтение[OPTIONAL] Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation: Exploring Pattern and ProcessЧтение[OPTIONAL] Freshwater Use by U.S. Power PlantsЧтение[OPTIONAL] Conservation Oriented Rate StructuresЧтение[OPTIONAL] Third Intake DocumentaryЧтение

Final Assessment

Final AssessmentВзаимная проверкаPost-Course SurveyPLUGIN
[OPTIONAL] When is Drought Not a Drought? Drought, Aridification, and the “New Normal”Чтение
[OPTIONAL] Climate Change and the Colorado River: What We Already KnowЧтение
[OPTIONAL] New House, New Paradigm: A Model for How to Plan, Build, and Live Water-SmartЧтение
[OPTIONAL] Understanding California’s GroundwaterЧтение
[OPTIONAL] First-ever mandatory water cutbacks will kick in next year along the Colorado RiverЧтение