Nov 2012 List of Reports on Water and Related Issues

Since it has been about a month since my last post of reports on water and related issues, it's about time for another. Either the stream seems to have slowed a bit, or I've caught up on the mass of reports that I had bookmarked and collected previously for eventual posting here. Either way, I think that I'll make this a monthly thing, so check in here again around mid-December for the next list.

As always, if you catch a report that I have not listed, please send me a link!

From various sources:

• 2012 World Risk Report from the Alliance for Development Works, United Nations University, and The Nature Conservancy
• World Disasters Report 2012 from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Streamflow Depletion by Wells — Understanding and Managing the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow from the USGS
• The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones From 1851 to 2010 (and Other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) (pdf) from the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center
• State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
• PwC Low Carbon Economy Index 2012 Too late for two degrees? from PwC

From the US Government Accounting Office:

• Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Changing Requirements, Technical Issues, and Looming Data Gaps Require Focused Attention

From the US Congressional Research Service, via the Federation of American Scientists:

• Federal Involvement in Flood Response and Flood Infrastructure Repair: Storm Sandy Recovery (pdf)
• Emergency Relief Program: Federal-Aid Highway Assistance for Disaster-Damaged Roads and Bridges (pdf)

From the US National Research Council:

• Blueprint for the Future: Framing the Issues of Women in Science in a Global Context: Summary of a Workshop
• Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy
• Advancing Strategic Science: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Roadmap for the U.S. Geological Survey
• Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites
• Climate and Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis

From the UK Department for International Development:

• Political economy analysis for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service delivery
• Managing climate extremes and disasters in the water sector: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report