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The Center engages in collaborative research and outreach focused on the policy dimensions of climatic variability and change in the Southwest and U.S.-Mexico border region, including the role of climate information in decisionmaking related to land use and water resources.
Publications
Article Reprints
To inquire about or order any Udall Center publications, please email Colleen Loomis or call the Udall Center at (520) 884-4393.
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 A Primer on Climatic Variability and Change in the Southwest
by Robert Merideth
 (PDF, 1.34MB)
Provides an overview of the general southwest U.S. context, with discussions of society, economy, demography, geography, and land and water use, and examines the impacts of climatic variability and change on urbanization, energy, agriculture, ranching, natural ecosystems, and recreation and tourism. Published with The University of Arizona's Institute for Studies of Planet Earth.
2001 28p. ISBN 1-931143-12-9 $2
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 Climate Variability and Change in the Southwest: Impacts, Information Needs, and Issues for Policymaking
edited by Robert Merideth, Diana Liverman, Roger Bales, and Mark Patterson
(PDF, 1.74MB)
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Contains synopses of panel presentations and workshop meetings from the Southwest Regional Climate Change Symposium and Workshop, which brought together important stakeholders to explore the state-of-knowledge, information, and research needs, and possible policy strategies related to the impacts of and responses to climate variability and change in the Southwest.
1998 88p. ISBN 1-931143-11-0 $10 |
 Global Climate Change: The Meeting of Science and Policy
edited by Ford N. Burkhart, Charles F. Hutchinson, and Michelle Saint-Germain
Includes chapters by "Understanding Global Change and Arizona: Boom, Bust or Another Sunny Day?" conference participants. Among topics examined are the effect atmospheric research has on the political climate, greenhouse warming in Arizona, global warming and public policy, public policy as insurance against global climatic change, and global warming and social change.
1990 34p. $6 |
"Climate and Society in the U.S. Southwest: the Context for a Regional Assessment"
by D. M. Liverman and R. Merideth
July 2002, Climate Research 21(1):199-218
Provides a context for the ongoing UA-based Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) Project by reviewing key contextual elements of the region-its demography, economy, land, water, and institutions and values-and indicating effects on the vulnerability of certain social groups, economic sectors, and geographic areas. Argues that, in the face of institutional, political, and other constraints, improvements in climate information might best assist decisionmakers in responding to climatic variability if they are afforded sufficient flexibility to use the information in appropriate ways.
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