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Water Supply and Management

Water Security and Adaptive Management in the Arid Americas

Christopher A. Scott School of Geography & Development and Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona
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Francisco J. Meza Departamento de Ecosistemas y Medio Ambiente y Centro de Cambio Global, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Robert G. Varady Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona
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Holm Tiessen Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, São José dos Campos, Brazil
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Jamie McEvoy School of Geography & Development, University of Arizona
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Gregg M. Garfin Institute of the Environment and School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Arizona
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Margaret Wilder School of Geography & Development and Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona
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Luis M. Farfán Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, La Paz, México
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Nicolás Pineda Pablos El Colegio de Sonora, Hermosillo, México
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Elma Montaña CONICET y Universidad Nacional-Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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Pages 280-289 | Received 01 Oct 2011, Accepted 01 Aug 2012, Published online: 27 Feb 2013

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