Muaj kev kub ntxhov loj zuj zus nyob rau sab qab teb sab hnub poob ntawm peb lub teb chaws uas muaj xov xwm rau peb txhua tus. Cov nom tswv thiab cov xov xwm tseem ceeb ntawm thoob plaws lub tebchaws tsis quav ntsej nws lossis feem ntau ua rau nws yog "ib zaug" qhov teeb meem los npog, tsis nkag siab tias nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev rau txhua tus neeg Asmeskas thiab lub ntiaj teb.
Qhov tseeb: feem ntau ntawm Southwest yog nyob ntawm dej thiab hluav taws xob los ntawm Colorado River, tsis yog rau lub neej, tab sis rau kev lag luam, kev ua liaj ua teb, thiab kev ncig xyuas. Raws li Pam Wright, sau ntawv rau lub vev xaib Weather.com, tshaj tawm los ntawm kev tshawb fawb tsis ntev los no, "Lub Colorado River Basin suav nrog xya lub xeev thiab sab qaum teb Mexico, thiab yog tsev rau 22 tsoom fwv teb chaws lees paub haiv neeg Native American." Ntxiv mus, "Tus dej muab cov dej hauv nroog thiab kev lag luam rau 40 lab tus tib neeg tau faib thoob plaws txhua lub nroog Southwestern loj hauv thiab tsis muaj lub phiab, suav nrog Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Denver thiab tag nrho Front Range of Colorado, Albuquerque thiab Santa Fe.
Nws tseem muab hluav taws xob rau tag nrho cheeb tsam, uas yog qhov tseem ceeb rau lub neej niaj hnub. Txawm li cas los xij, tsis tas li ntawd, thaum nws yuav tsis zoo li qhov tseem ceeb rau thaj chaw ntawm lossis ze ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv lossis cov chaw siab dua, nws yog qhov yuav tsum tau nyob hauv thaj chaw suab puam: rau ntau tus neeg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov hluas thiab cov laus, nws yog ib qho tsim nyog. rau kev ciaj sia nyob rau thaj chaw suab puam vim lawv tsis tuaj yeem nyob hauv huab cua hnyav yam tsis muaj cua txias. Thiab thaj chaw suab puam xws li Las Vegas thiab Phoenix yog qee qhov chaw ceev ceev-loj hlob hauv lub tebchaws.
Txawm li cas los xij, huab cua hauv cheeb tsam no hloov pauv. Nws yog nyob rau nruab nrab ntawm kev kub ntxhov hnyav tshaj plaws hauv 1,200 xyoo, thiab tag nrho cov kev hloov pauv huab cua tau ntxiv rau qhov teeb meem.
Raws li txoj cai, Colorado qhuav. Lake Mead thiab Lake Powell, ob lub pas dej uas neeg tsim tom qab Hoover thiab Glen Canyon Dams, raws li, yog ob lub pas dej loj tshaj plaws hauv lub tebchaws: cia peb tsom mus rau Mead, qhov loj ntawm ob: Lake Mead yog 110 mais ntev. Lake Mead tau nqis ze li ntawm 170 ko taw txij li xyoo 2000-koj tuaj yeem pom "lub nplhaib da dej" nyob ib ncig ntawm lub pas dej, qhia tias nws tau nqis mus deb npaum li cas - thiab hnub no sawv ntawm 28 feem pua โโโโntawm lub peev xwm; raws li cov Los Angeles Times sau tseg, tus Dej yog "txuas ntxiv mus."
Qhov no muaj qhov cuam tshuam tseem ceeb tsis yog rau Southwest nkaus xwb tab sis rau ntau qhov chaw ntawm lub tebchaws. Ntau thaj chaw tau txais feem ntau ntawm lawv lub caij ntuj no zaub thiab txiv hmab txiv ntoo citrus los ntawm Imperial Valley, nyob deb yav qab teb California mus rau Mexico, thiab thaj chaw nyob ze ntawm Yuma, Arizona. Ib tug qub tub kawm ntawv hauv tsev kawm ntawv ntawm kuv nyuam qhuav tshaj tawm hauv ib daim ntawv tsis ntev los no tias ob feem peb ntawm peb cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab zaub hauv Northwest Indiana, qhov chaw peb nyob, tuaj ntawm cov chaw no. Cov cheeb tsam no nyob ntawm Colorado River dej.
Thiab qhov tseeb ntawm Colorado yog tias cov khoom siv dej yuav raug txiav ntau heev; thiab kev ua liaj ua teb xav tias yuav yog qhov poob loj.
Txawm li cas los xij, qhov no tsis txwv "kev txhim kho" hauv cheeb tsam, nrog cov dej ntws dawb, cov pas dej loj txaus rau caij ski rau, pas dej, thiab cov chaw ua si nthwv dej dotting qee qhov chaw xaiv. Cov pejxeem ntawm thaj chaw Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler nroog yog ntau dua 4.9 lab tus tib neeg, thiab txuas ntxiv mus ntxiv.
Lub nroog ntawm Buckeye, Arizona-sab hnub poob ntawm Phoenix hauv qee qhov suab puam hnyav tshaj plaws nyob txhua qhov chaw-npaj rau peb npaug ntawm nws cov pej xeem los ntawm 2030, thiab thaum kawg pom kev loj hlob ntawm kwv yees li 110,000 mus rau qhov kwv yees 872,000. (Nyob rau xyoo 1970, raws li kev suav pej xeem, Buckeye yog ib lub nroog ntawm 2,599 thiab thaj chaw hauv cheeb tsam yog tsev rau 7,807 tus neeg; Kuv tau caij kuv lub maus taus hla Buckeye tsis tu ncua, taug kev mus thiab los ntawm Marine Corps Air Station hauv Yuma thiab Phoenix, qhov twg kuv niam nyob, ntawm 1970-73.)
Arizona twb tau txiav 21 feem pua โโโโntawm nws cov dej hauv Colorado River. Buckeye yog nyob ntawm cov dej los ntawm underground aquifers. Txawm li cas los xij cov dej hauv av hauv cheeb tsam tau " ploj mus ze li xya npaug sai dua li cov dej sib xyaw los ntawm Lakes Powell thiab Mead," raws li tus kws tshaj lij hydrology uas kawm txog kev ruaj ntseg dej: " Kev poob dej hauv av ntawm qhov loj yog qhov muaj kev hem thawj rau cov nroog suab puam. zoo li Phoenix thiab Tucson. "
Ib puag ncig tau sim qhia peb tias muaj kev txwv dhau qhov uas tib neeg tsis tuaj yeem nyob nyab xeeb; Cov hluav taws kub nyhiab hauv California, nag xob nag cua thoob plaws Gulf of Mexico, dej hiav txwv nce siab, thiab cov dej ntws thiab cov pas dej nyob rau sab hnub poob. Peb tib neeg yeej tsis tau mloog.
Tam sim no, qhov teeb meem dej ntawm Southwest tau txaus los txhawb cov neeg raug xaiv tsa hauv qee thaj chaw kom pib sawv: Scottsdale, Arizona, thaj chaw sab hnub tuaj ntawm Phoenix, tau txiav cov dej mus rau kev txhim kho sab nraud ntawm lub nroog, hauv thaj chaw uas tsis koom nrog ; Scottsdale cov thawj coj xav kom lawv muaj dej txaus rau cov neeg uas tam sim no nyob ntawd.
Raws li cov Los Angeles Times tsis ntev los no tau tshaj tawm, "Qhov kev suav nrog qhov tseeb ntawm tus dej txwv yog hais txog kev hloov pauv toj roob hauv pes ntawm Southwest."
Raws li ib tug me nyuam ntawm cov suab puam sab hnub poob, kuv sib cav tias zaj lus qhia muaj ntau qhov tob tshaj qhov no: lub tswv yim tseem ceeb ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas kab lis kev cai - tias cov neeg Amelikas tuaj yeem ua txhua yam peb tus kheej muaj peev xwm them taus lossis tau txais txiaj ntsig los them - yog qhov qub thiab kev siv zog ua txhaum ib puag ncig kev txwv tsuas yog tuaj nrog kev nyuaj siab thiab kev puas tsuaj rau tus kheej. Peb tsis tuaj yeem tso cai rau tus kheej "kev pib" txiav txim siab txog kev txhim kho hauv zej zog; peb yuav tsum pib xav sib sau ua ke rau qhov zoo ntawm txhua tus, thiab tsis lees paub tus kheej thiab koom nrog tus kheej nyiam kom yeej. Peb tsis quav ntsej zaj lus qhia no ntawm peb tus kheej raug xwm txheej.
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Kim Scipes, PhD, yog xibfwb Emeritus ntawm Sociology ntawm Purdue University Northwest hauv Westville, Indiana, thiab tau qhia ib chav kawm ntawm "Environment and Social Justice" txij li xyoo 2006. Tau nce hauv suab puam Southwest thiab 1969 kawm tiav ntawm Alhambra High School hauv Phoenix, Dr. Scipes tau nyob, ua haujlwm, mus ncig, thiab ua haujlwm hauv US Marine Corps nyob rau sab hnub poob, uas nws cov kwv tij tseem nyob. Tus sau ntawm plaub phau ntawv, nws "Climate Change, Environmental Destruction, and Social Justice" lub vev xaib tuaj yeem hu rau ntawm https://www.pnw.edu/faculty/kim-scipes-ph-d/publications/climate-change-publication/.
ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
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