Robert G. Varady
Deputy Director and Research Professor of Environmental Policy
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
 Robert Varady is deputy director and director of environmental programs at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona. He is also a research professor of environmental policy at the Udall Center, research professor of arid lands studies, and adjunct professor of hydrology and water resources. Varady obtained his Ph.D. in 1981 in modern history from the University of Arizona, and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics from the City College of New York and the Polytechnic University, respectively.
At the Udall Center since 1989, Varady's work mostly has addressed environmental and water-management policy and use of climate information in arid regions, with an emphasis on transboundary issues, especially along the U.S.-Mexico border. He spent the 2003-04 academic year on sabbatical in Paris at UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme, studying the history, evolution, and significance of global water initiatives—a subject on which he is continuing to write.
Under the auspices of the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS), Varady is director of UMI (Unité Mixte Internationale), a binational center linking CNRS and the University of Arizona. The theme of UMI 3157 is water, environment, and policy.
Additionally, Varady is president of the International Water History Association (IWHA), having served as vice president, and before that, secretary of the association.
Recent and forthcoming publications include:
• What's old and what's new in arid lands water management? In Water, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development in Arid and Semi-arid Zones, ed. by G. Schneier-Madanes and M. F. Courel. Springer (in press; with C. F. Hutchinson and S. Drake).
• Integrating science and policy for water management. In Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River. University of Arizona Press (in press; A. Browning-Aiken, et al.).
• Global water initiatives: What do the experts think? Report on a survey of leading figures in the 'world of water. In Impacts of Mega-Conferences on Global Water Development and Management. Springer Verlag (in press, Dec.. 2008; with M. Iles-Shih).
• Transboundary ecosystem services on the México-U.S. border: Policy options for shared services. In press. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (in press; with L. López-Hoffman, K. W. Flessa, and P. Balvanera).
• Charting the emergence of global water initiatives in world water governance. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (in press; available online June 2008 with K. Meehan and E. McGovern).
• Science and socio-ecological sustainability: Examples from the Arizona-Sonora border. Environmental Science and Policy (April 2008; B. Morehouse, et al.).
• Strengthening global water initiatives. Environment (Mar.-Apr. 2008; with K. Meehan, J. Rodda, E. McGovern, and M. Iles-Shih).
• Climate, water management, and policy in the San Pedro basin: results of a survey of Mexican stakeholders near the U.S.-Mexico border. Climatic Change (Dec. 2007; A. Browning-Aiken, et al.).
• Societal adaptation to decadal climate variability in the United States. Eos (Oct. 2007; N. J. Rosenberg, et al.).
• Monsoon region climate applications: Integrating climate science with regional planning and policy. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (June 2007; A. Ray, et al.).
• A flood of institutions? Sustaining global water initiatives. Water Resources Impact (Oct. 2006; with K. Meehan).
• Binational coalition-building: A case study of water-resources management. Journal of the Southwest (2004; with A. Browning-Aiken and D. Moreno).
• ¿Cuanto cuesta? Environmental costs of development in the U.S.-Mexico border region. In Social Costs of Industrial and Urban Growth on the U.S. Mexican Border. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD (2004; with B. J. Morehouse).
• Upper San Pedro basin: Fostering collaborative binational watershed management. International Journal of Water Resources Development (2004; A. Browning-Aiken, et al.).
• Moving borders from the periphery to the center: River basins, political boundaries, and water management policy. In Water: Science, Policy, and Management. American Geophysical Union (2003; with B. J. Morehouse).
• Public-private partnerships as catalysts for community-based water infrastructure development: The Border WaterWorks program in Texas and New Mexico colonias. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy (2002; M. C. Lemos, et al.).
• Whither hazardous materials management in the U.S.-Mexico border region? Environment (2001; with P. Romero Lankao and K. Hankins).
• Nature, water, culture, and livelihood in the Lower Colorado River basin and delta: An overview of issues, policies, and approaches to environmental restoration. Journal of Arid Environments (2001; R. G. Varady, K. Hankins, et al.).
• Water allocation options for the Upper San Pedro basin: Assessing the social and institutional landscape. Natural Resources Journal (2000; with M. A. Moote and R. Merideth).
• Environmental issues along the U.S.-Mexico border--Drivers of change and responses of citizens and institutions. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment (1999; D. Liverman, et al.).
• Openness, sustainability, and public participation: New designs for transboundary river-basin institutions. Journal of Environment and Development (1999; with L. Milich).
• Managing transboundary resources: Lessons from river-basin accords. Environment (1998; with L. Milich).
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