Managing Drought and Water Scarcity in Vulnerable Environments: Creating a Roadmap for Change in the United States (18–20 September 2006)

Session No. 1
Monday, 18 September 2006: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Drought Management: Past and Present

 

Paper #
Start Time
1
8:00 AM
SHIFTING THE PARADIGM FROM CRISIS TO RISK MANAGEMENT
WILHITE, Donald A., National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska, 239 Chase Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583, dwilhite2@unl.edu, dwilhite2@unl.edu
2
8:45 AM
DROUGHT AND WATER SCARCITY MANAGEMENT: HOW CAN SCIENTISTS BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF POLICY MAKERS?
WHITNEY, Gene, National Science and Technology Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20502, gwhitney@ostp.eop.gov, gwhitney@ostp.eop.gov
3
9:30 AM
WHAT THE PALEO-RECORD TELLS US ABOUT DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES: PAST AND FUTURE
WOODHOUSE, Connie A., NOAA-NCDC Paleoclimatology Branch and INSTAAR, University of Colorado, 325 Broadway, E/CC23, Boulder, CO 80305, connie.woodhouse@noaa.gov, connie.woodhouse@noaa.gov
 
10:00 AM
Refreshment Break
4
10:30 AM
DECADE-SCALE DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS AND WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE U.S.: ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL OR READY FOR THE BIG ONE?
GARFIN, Gregg, CLIMAS: Climate Assessment for the Southwest, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0156 and JACOBS, Katharine, Arizona Water Institute, 845 N. Park Avenue, Ste 532, Tucson, AZ 85719, gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu, gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu
5
11:00 AM
WHAT IS WATER WORTH WHEN IT'S REALLY SCARCE?
BRADEN, John B., Agricultural & Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1301 W. Gregory Drive, Rm. 304, Urbana, IL 61801, jbb@uiuc.edu, jbb@uiuc.edu
6
11:30 AM
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL DROUGHT POLICY: LESSONS LEARNED AND RELEVANCE TO U.S. DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
BOTTERILL, Linda, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT, 0200, Australia, l.botterill@adfa.edu.au, l.botterill@adfa.edu.au
7
12:00 PM
DROUGHT RISK MANAGEMENT: BECOMING PROACTIVE IN AN INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF CRISIS
PULWARTY, Roger, NOAA, University of Colorado, N/A, N/A
 
1:30 PM
IDENTIFYING INSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS TO DROUGHT MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE. WORLD CAFÉ: INTERACTIVE SESSION TO DEFINE IMPEDIMENTS
 
2:45 PM
Refreshment Break
 
3:15 PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS: OVERCOMING INSTITUTIONAL IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVE DROUGHT MANAGEMENT
 
4:45 PM
REPORTS FROM BREAKOUT GROUPS AND WRAP-UP FOR THE DAY
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>