Addressing Climate Change in Local Water Agency Plans Demonstrating a Simplified Robust Decision Making Approach in the California Sierra Foothills

• Main Author: Groves, David G. (auth)
• Other Authors: Bloom, Evan (auth), Johnson, David R. (auth), Yates, David (auth), Mehta, Vishal (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Political control & freedoms; Environmental policy & protocols; Meteorology & climatology; Political Science; Physics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report describes an approach for planning under deep uncertainty, Robust Decision Making (RDM), and demonstrates its use by the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID). Using RDM, the authors and EID tested the robustness of current long-term water management plans and more robust alternatives acro...