عنوان

Water Resources Planning and Management

26056

Water Resources Planning and Management

Cambridge ; New York

Cambridge University Press

2011

xxi, 777 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Understanding 'Water': 1. Climate change and the global water cycle; 2. Understanding global hydrology; 3. Groundwater and surface water connectivity; 4. Understanding the basics of water quality; 5. Inland water ecosystems; 6. Water, biodiversity and ecosystems: reducing our impact; 7. Global food production in a water constrained world: exploring 'green' and 'blue' challenges and solutions; Part II. Water Resources Planning and Management: 8. Water law and the search for sustainability: a comparative analysis; 9. Tackling the global water crisis: unlocking international law as fundamental to the peaceful management of the world's shared transboundary waters - introducing 'the H2O paradigm'; 01. Risk and uncertainty in water resources planning and management: a basic introduction; 11. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement; 21. Capacity building and knowledge sharing; 31. Adaptive and integrated management of water resources; 41. Gender and integrated water resource management; 51. Environmental flows: achieving ecological outcomes in variable environments; Part III. Water Resources Planning and Management - Case Studies: Section 1. Water and Waste Water Treatment: 61. Overcoming water scarcity in Perth, Western Australia; 71. Cities, agriculture and environment - sharing water in and around Hyderabad, South India; 81. Pricing of urban water services: the case of France; 91. Collaborative flood and drought risk management in the Upper Iskar Basin, Bulgaria; Section 2. Agricultural Water Use: 02. The role of research and development in drought adaptation on the Colorado River Basin; 12. Climate change in the Murray-Darling Basin: implications for water use and environmental consequences; Section 3. Urban Water Supply and Management: 22. The urban water challenge in Australian cities; 32. Water sensitive urban design; 42. Water security for Adelaide, South Australia; Section 4. Aquatic Ecosystems: 52. Groundwater contamination in Bangladesh; Section 5. Industrial and Mining Water Use: 62. Water issues in Canada's tar sands; 72. Science, governance, and environmental impacts of mines in developing countries: lessons from Ok Tedi in Papua New Guinea; Section 6. Rural and Remote Communities: 82. Aboriginal access to water in Australia: opportunities and constraints; 92. Providing for social equity in water markets: the case for an indigenous reserve in northern Australia; Section 7. Water Infrastructure Design and Operation: 03. Flood hazard, floodplain policy and flood management; Section 8. Managing Water Across Borders: 13. Decision making in the Murray-Darling Basin; 23. Challenges to water cooperation in the lower Jordan River Basin; 33. Adaptation and change in Yellow River management; 43. Managing international river basins: successes and failures of the Mekong River Commission; Section 9. Market Mechanisms in Water Management: 53. Inter-sectoral water trading as a climate change adaptation strategy; Contributors' biographies; Index

، Water resources development

، Watershed management

، Water-supply

، SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Hydrology

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