Can Adaptive Management for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta be more than Words?

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A Risk Analysis of Risk Analysis

Probabilistic risk or decision analysis is the most rigourous approach to engineering solutions to fiddicult diecision making problems involvingt uncertainty. A large body of theory and applications has been developed for probabilistic risk analysis, and it is commonly taught at universities. So why isin\u27t probablilistic risk analysis used more often in practice? Perhaps it is rational, in some circumstances, not fo use probabilistic rrisk analysis or not to rely entirely on its use

Deterministic Optimization and Design - University of California, Davis

Undergraduate course in deterministic optimization and design offered at U.C. Davis

Transitions for the Delta Economy

Details threats to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, policy proposals to improve environmental management and water supply reliability, how these changes will affect land and water conditions, and implications for the area's and regional economies

Water Resources Management - University of California, Davis

Graduate course in water resources management offered at University California, Davis in Fall 2013

Probabilistic Design and Optimization - University of California, Davis

Graduate course in probabilistic design and optimization offered at University of California, Davis in Winter 2013

Infrastructure Economics - University of California, Davis

Graduate course in infrastructure economics offered at University of California, Davis in Winter 200

The Next Step in Central Valley Flood Management: Connecting Costs and Benefits

Historically, large expanses of California\u27s low-lying Central Valley flooded nearly every winter. Over the past 150 years, individuals, communities, and state and national agencies have increasingly altered the landscape with levees, reservoirs, and bypasses to support agriculture and urban centers. The Central Valley\u27s flood protection infrastructure and the institutions that manage flood risks have coevolved as risks and local needs have changed. The current state of flood management is in transition, as the recognition of a precarious disconnect between land-use decisions, flood liability, and flood infrastructure expenses unfolds. Substantial risks to public safety, the state\u27s purse, and water supply are likely to be exacerbated by population growth and climate change. The paper identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the current flood management system, and explores several market and policy measures that might address the weaknesses of the system, especially the disconnection between flood management costs and benefits in California\u27s Central Valley