Water Resources of Chile

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
 Country Profile  (Jorge Gironás, Bonifacio Fernández, José Saldías)....Pages 1-5
 Climate and Weather in Chile  (Patricio Aceituno, Juan Pablo Boisier, René Garreaud, Roberto Rondanelli, José A. Rutllant)....Pages 7-29
 Precipitation, Temperature and Evaporation  (Lina Castro, Jorge Gironás)....Pages 31-60
 Surface Water Resources  (Eduardo C. Varas, Eduardo V. Varas)....Pages 61-92
 Groundwater Resources  (Francisco Suárez, Sarah Leray, Pedro Sanzana)....Pages 93-127
 Snow Cover and Glaciers  (James McPhee, Shelley MacDonell, Gino Casassa)....Pages 129-151
 Floods  (Jorge Gironás, Tomás Bunster, Cristián Chadwick, Bonifacio Fernández)....Pages 153-171
 Droughts  (Bonifacio Fernández, Jorge Gironás)....Pages 173-187
 Catchment-Scale Natural Water Balance in Chile  (Nicolás Vásquez, Javier Cepeda, Tomás Gómez, Pablo A. Mendoza, Miguel Lagos, Juan Pablo Boisier et al.)....Pages 189-208
 Water Quality  (Pablo Pastén, Alejandra Vega, Katherine Lizama, Paula Guerra, Jaime Pizarro)....Pages 209-228
 River Basin Policy and Management  (Humberto Peña)....Pages 229-242
 Agricultural Uses  (Francisco Meza, Pilar Gil, Oscar Melo)....Pages 243-258
 Domestic Uses of Water  (María Molinos-Senante, Guillermo Donoso)....Pages 259-271
 Mining and Industrial Uses  (Denisse Duhalde, Daniela Castillo, Ricardo Oyarzún, Jorge Oyarzún, José Luis Arumí)....Pages 273-284
 Hydroelectric Uses  (Sebastián Vicuña, Marcelo Olivares, Chris Hermansen, Mark Falvey, Fernando Purcell)....Pages 285-299
 The Chilean Forest Sector and its Relationship with Water Resources  (Roberto Pizarro-Tapia, Alfredo Ibáñez-Córdova, Pablo García-Chevesich, Carlos Vallejos-Carrera, Claudia Sangüesa-Pool, Romina Mendoza-Mendoza)....Pages 301-315
 Environmental and Recreational Uses  (Francisco Riestra, Agustín Silva, Christian Valenzuela)....Pages 317-334
 Economics of Water Resources  (Guillermo Donoso)....Pages 335-346
 Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Chile  (Sebastián Vicuña, Ximena Vargas, Juan Pablo Boisier, Pablo A. Mendoza, Tomás Gómez, Nicolás Vásquez et al.)....Pages 347-363
 Impacts of Urbanization and Land Use Change over Water Resources  (Tomás Bunster, Jorge Gironás, Carolina Rojas, Carlos Bonilla)....Pages 365-387
 Water Resources Research in Chile  (José Vargas, Jorge Soto)....Pages 389-408
 Challenges for the Future  (Bonifacio Fernández, Magdalena Barros, Jorge Gironás)....Pages 409-433