Weather and legislation
The effect of drought and flood on water laws
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12008168 |
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| Authors | Charles R Britton (Department of Economics, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA, corresponding author), Richard Ford (0000-0002-5665-6637, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville), Richard K Ford (Department of Economics, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 503-514 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0362-3319(01)00149-5 |
| OpenAlex | W2026750271 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Arid and semi-arid areas have always seemed to suffer from either an abundance or paucity of water. This paper addresses the impact of weather upon the legislative process. Specifically the influence on weather as measured by the Palmer Drought Severity Index is regressed upon the water laws passed by the Arkansas legislature. Arkansas was chosen since like arid states it suffers from weather extremes such as the droughts and floods
Archaeology · Arid · Climatology · Flood myth · Geography · Hydrology (agriculture · Index (typography · Legislation · Legislative process · Legislature · Meteorology · Political science · Water resource management · Weather modification · Computer Science · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Engineering · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Drought Analysis · Law · Water resources management and optimization · Ecology · Geology
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