Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Published on behalf of the American Water Resources Association
Edited by:
Kenneth J. Lanfear
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 17/38 Engineering, Environmental; 75/143 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary; 23/60 Water Resources
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The Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) is dedicated to publishing original papers characterized by their broad approach to water resources issues. Water by its nature is complex. Therefore, effectively managing water resources requires a broad understanding of many concepts and their applications, as plans based on a single outlook - only engineering, only biology, only ecomonics, or only law - tend to have unhappy outcomes. Decisions makers addressing water resources challenges require access to high quality science and research presented from a variety of perspectives. JAWRA has been focused on this objective for more than 40 years.
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Most Cited Articles:
The Sensitivity of California Water Resources to Climate Change Scenarios
Sebastian Vicuna, Edwin P. Maurer, Brian Joyce, John A. Dracup, David Purkey
This paper examined the sensitivity of California water resources to climate change, and found greater negative impacts than previous assessments.
Reviving Urban Streams: Land Use, Hydrology, Biology, and Human Behavior
Derek B. Booth, James R. Karr, Sally Schauman, Christopher P. Konrad, Sarah A. Morley, Marit G. Larson, Stephen J. Burge
This paper notes impervious area alone is a flawed surrogate of river health, and shows how a successful stream rehabilitation requires coordinated diagnosis of the causes of degradation and integrated management to treat the range of ecological stressors within each urban area.
Last Two Boggess Award Winners (the Boggess Award is presented to the author of the Editors' choice of the best paper published each year):
Reassembling Hetch Hetchy: Water Supply Without O'Shaughnessy Dam
Sarah E. Null, Jay R. Lund
2006 Boggess Award Winner. This paper concludes the controversial removal of the dam would not endanger the water supply, but could raise the costs of water treatment.
Using Geology to Improve Flood Hazard Management on Alluvial Fans - an Example from Laughlin, Nevada
P. Kyle House
2005 Boggess Award Winner. This paper reveals flaws in conventional methods for flood hazard delineation, and demonstrates geologic information can improve the scientific basis for flood-hazard management.
Featured Collection Articles:
The Role of Headwater Streams in Downstream Water Quality
Richard B. Alexander, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Richard A. Smith, Gregory E. Schwarz, Richard B. Moore
From the February 2007 featured collection on Hydrological Connectivity of Headwaters to Downstream Waters. This paper uses simulation models to show how headwater streams play a critical role in downstream water quality.
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Wood in Headwater Streams of the Pacific Northwest
Marwan A. Hassan, Dan L. Hogan, Stephen A. Bird, Christine L. May, Takashi Gomi, David Campbell
From the August 2005 featured collection on Small Stream Channels and their Riparian Zones in Forested Catchmetns of the Pacific Northwest. This paper presents a matrix that defines woody debris relative to channel size, discusses the components of a wood budget, and identifies knowledge gaps and uncertainties.
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