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Author : Roy Burke,James P. Heaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015006476710
Author : Barry Hart,Jane Doolan
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128105245
Decision-Making in Water Resource Policy and Management: An Australian Perspective presents the latest information in developing new decision-making processes. Topics covered include key aspects of water resources planning, recent water resource policy changes in irrigation, urban, and environmental considerations, the evolution of a water market, a number of case studies that provide real examples of improved decision-making, transfer of the Australian experience overseas, and challenges for the future. Many countries are experiencing major water scarcity problems which will likely intensify with the continued impacts of climate change. In response to this challenge, there is increased worldwide focus on the development of more sustainable and integrated water resource policies. The Australian experience over the past three decades has led to major improvements in the decision-making processes in water resources policy and management, particularly in response to drought and climate change, providing a great model on which other nations can use and adapt. This information is essential to early to mid-career practitioners engaged in policy, planning and operational roles in all fields of water resource policy and management, and catchment management. Summarizes key results from three decades of changes in Australian water resource policy Illustrates how Australian knowledge is being used in other countries and how this might be expanded Provides international practitioners with real examples of where and how the Australian knowledge is assisting in other situations
Author : Clifford S. Russell,Duane D. Baumann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781848449367
This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. While the historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, the book concentrates on the past 60 years and features a discussion of the difficulty that has generally been encountered in bringing the disciplines of economics and ecology into collaboration in the water resource context. The book explores the evolution of water related analytical capabilities and institutions and provides illustrations from case studies, concluding with recommendations for research, institutional change and action. Though designed to be a background textbook for interdisciplinary graduate seminars in water resources planning and management, it is accessible to interested lay readers and those who have policymaking or implementation responsibility but lack a technical background. The book will appeal to students and faculty in water policy, economics, and engineering, and in interdisciplinary programs organized around water resource problems and questions. Policy makers and general readers will also appreciate this non-technical introduction.
Author : Claudia Baldwin,Mark Hamstead
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317676522
Integrated Water Resource Planning provides practical, evidence-based guidance on water resource planning. In a time of heightened awareness of ecosystem needs, climate change, and increasing and conflicting demands on resources, water professionals and decision-makers around the world are on a steep learning curve. This book presents an international examination of water reform experiences, and provides lessons in how to manage environmental uncertainties, long term management, and increase in demand. It breaks the process down into a series of common steps, applies program logic and evaluation theory, and discusses best practices in assessment, decision making and community engagement. Importantly it recognises the large variation in available knowledge and capacity, risk and scale, and discusses a range of approaches that can be used for different circumstances. The book will fill in the gaps for professionals in interdisciplinary teams including sociologists, hydrologists, engineers, ecologists, and community consultation specialists, by providing a basic grounding in areas outside their usual expertise, and will provide ammunition to community stakeholders in their quest to ensure that water planning outcomes are justified and justifiable. Case studies provide an understanding of the context, practical tools and implementation techniques for achieving sustainable outcomes, and the multi-disciplinary approach and insights offered in this book will be transposable and instructive for water professionals worldwide.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : UOM:39015015408019
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1210 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Water
ISBN : MINN:31951P00125833O
Author : Lasse Gerrits,Peter Marks
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781783473151
One of the main challenges facing contemporary society is to understand how people can make decisions together. Understanding Collective Decision Making builds on evolutionary theories and presents an analytical tool to analyse and visualise collective decision making. By combining theoretical research with real world case studies, the authors provide a coherent and conclusive solution to the often fragmented and dispersed literature on the subject.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Water quality management
ISBN : UCSD:31822024244360
Author : Lin Crase,Vasant P. Gandhi
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849770163
Resolving these problems is crucial for the future.
Author : David Lewis Feldman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801851254
"In one slim volume, Feldman has managed to combine a history of U.S. water policy, two in-depth case studies on the politics of water, an analysis of the institutional biases affecting U.S. water policy, and a discussion of water policy in France. Nor is that all. The opening and closing chapters of the work set this panoramic view of water policy within a normative framework derived from theorists as disparate as John Muir and John Rawls." -- Journal of Politics
Author : Patrick A. Ray,Casey M. Brown
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464804786
Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design describes an approach to facing two fundamental and unavoidable issues brought about by climate change uncertainty in water resources planning and project design. The first is a risk assessment problem. The second relates to risk management. This book provides background on the risks relevant in water systems planning, the different approaches to scenario definition in water system planning, and an introduction to the decision-scaling methodology upon which the decision tree is based. The decision tree is described as a scientifically defensible, repeatable, direct and clear method for demonstrating the robustness of a project to climate change. While applicable to all water resources projects, it allocates effort to projects in a way that is consistent with their potential sensitivity to climate risk. The process was designed to be hierarchical, with different stages or phases of analysis triggered based on the findings of the previous phase. An application example is provided followed by a descriptions of some of the tools available for decision making under uncertainty and methods available for climate risk management. The tool was designed for the World Bank but can be applicable in other scenarios where similar challenges arise.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428914698
Author : Sharad K. Jain,V.P. Singh
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780080543697
This book is divided into four parts. The first part, Preliminaries, begins by introducing the basic theme of the book. It provides an overview of the current status of water resources utilization, the likely scenario of future demands, and advantages and disadvantages of systems techniques. An understanding of how the hydrological data are measured and processed is important before undertaking any analysis. The discussion is extended to emerging techniques, such as Remote Sensing, GIS, Artificial Neural Networks, and Expert Systems. The statistical tools for data analysis including commonly used probability distributions, parameter estimation, regression and correlation, frequency analysis, and time-series analysis are discussed in a separate chapter. Part 2 Decision Making, is a bouquet of techniques organized in 4 chapters. After discussing optimization and simulation, the techniques of economic analysis are covered. Recently, environmental and social aspects, and rehabilitation and resettlement of project-affected people have come to occupy a central stage in water resources management and any good book is incomplete unless these topics are adequately covered. The concept of rational decision making along with risk, reliability, and uncertainty aspects form subject matter of a chapter. With these analytical tools, the practitioner is well equipped to take a rational decision for water resources utilization. Part 3 deals with Water Resources Planning and Development. This part discusses the concepts of planning, the planning process, integrated planning, public involvement, and reservoir sizing. The last part focuses on Systems Operation and Management. After a resource is developed, it is essential to manage it in the best possible way. Many dams around the world are losing some storage capacity every year due to sedimentation and therefore, the assessment and management of reservoir sedimentation is described in details. No analysis of water resources systems is complete without consideration of water quality. A river basin is the natural unit in which water occurs. The final chapter discusses various issues related to holistic management of a river basin.
Author : M. Bonell,L. A. Bruijnzeel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521829534
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.
Author : American Water Works Association
Publisher : Amer Water Works Assn
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0898677564
