The role of adaptive capacity in incremental and transformative adaptation in three large U.S. Urban water systems

A sign shows where Lake Mead’s water line used to be. Credit: Jessica Garrison, NOAA

The Western Water Assessment (WWA), a NOAA CAP/RISA team, and the Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP) funded work for the new publication, “The role of adaptive capacity in incremental and transformative adaptation in three large U.S. Urban water systems.” SARP funded this work specifically through the Coping with Drought (CWD) initiative that supported research projects that advance state-of-the-art drought planning—including scientific analyses of drought events, outlooks and risk assessments, management best practices, and addressing socioeconomic and institutional challenges.

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