Robert G. Varady
Acting 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 acting director (2007-08; otherwise, 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 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.
Varady is presidentof the International Water History Association (IWHA), having served as vice president, and before that, secretary of the association.
Recent and forthcoming publications include:
- Integrating science and policy for water management. In Ecology and Conservation of Desert Riparian Ecosystems: The San Pedro River Example. 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, June 2008; with M. Iles-Shih).
- 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
to sustain world water governance. Environment (Mar.-Apr. 2008; R. G.
Varady, K. Meehan, et al.).
- 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).
Varady also has directed environmental and agricultural projects in West Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. He has published essays on environmental history and policy, agricultural development, information management, and transportation systems.
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