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Water Balance, Climate Change and Land-use Planning in the Pearl Harbor Basin, Hawai'i
The Pearl Harbor basin on the tropical oceanic island of O'ahu, Hawaii, exhibits extreme climatic gradients, rapid land-use change and groundwater use near sustainable yield. The basin's water usage and groundwater recharge, and hence water yield, are strongly influenced by the spatial distribution of land use. Current recharge is expected to drop by about one-eighth with the demise of the remaining sugar-cane and pineapple. Evidence suggests that lower rainfall and increased evaporation may well accompany warmer periods in Hawaii, and water-balance simulations indicate many scenarios having a significant decrease in available water. Land-use planners can use such results in tandem with multiobjective optimization models to generate alternative land-use plans and show trade-offs among objectives.
Water Balance, Climate Change and Land-use Planning in the Pearl Harbor Basin, Hawai'i
The Pearl Harbor basin on the tropical oceanic island of O'ahu, Hawaii, exhibits extreme climatic gradients, rapid land-use change and groundwater use near sustainable yield. The basin's water usage and groundwater recharge, and hence water yield, are strongly influenced by the spatial distribution of land use. Current recharge is expected to drop by about one-eighth with the demise of the remaining sugar-cane and pineapple. Evidence suggests that lower rainfall and increased evaporation may well accompany warmer periods in Hawaii, and water-balance simulations indicate many scenarios having a significant decrease in available water. Land-use planners can use such results in tandem with multiobjective optimization models to generate alternative land-use plans and show trade-offs among objectives.
Water Balance, Climate Change and Land-use Planning in the Pearl Harbor Basin, Hawai'i
Giambelluca, Thomas W. (Autor:in)
International Journal of Water Resources Development ; 12 ; 515-530
01.12.1996
16 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Water Balance, Climate Change and Land-use Planning in the Pearl Harbor Basin, Hawai'i
| Online Contents | 1996
Engineering Index Backfile | 1915
Engineering Index Backfile | 1915
Engineering Index Backfile | 1915