Water resources planning and management
"Water is an increasingly critical issue at the forefront of global policy change, management and planning. There are growing concerns about water as a renewable resource, its availability for a wide range of users, aquatic ecosystem health, and global issues relating to climate change, water s...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780511974304 0511974302 9780511993077 0511993072 9780511991059 0511991053 0511989253 9780511989254 9780511986482 0511986483 1282994360 9781282994362 0521762588 9780521762588 1107216877 9781107216877 0511994257 9780511994258 9786612994364 6612994363 0511992041 9780511992049 0511987471 9780511987472 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxi, 777 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- 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; 10. Risk and uncertainty in water resources planning and management: a basic introduction; 11. Collaboration and stakeholder engagement; 12. Capacity building and knowledge sharing; 13. Adaptive and integrated management of water resources; 14. Gender and integrated water resource management; 15. Environmental flows: achieving ecological outcomes in variable environments; Part III. Water resources planning and management: case studies: Section 1. Water and waste water treatment: 16. Overcoming water scarcity in Perth, Western Australia; 17. Cities, agriculture and environment
- sharing water in and around Hyderabad, South India; 18. Pricing of urban water services: the case of France; 19. Collaborative flood and drought risk management in the Upper Iskar Basin, Bulgaria; Section 2. Agricultural water use: 20. The role of research and development in drought adaptation on the Colorado River Basin; 21. 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; 23. Water sensitive urban design; 24. Water security for Adelaide, South Australia; Section 4. Aquatic ecosystems: 25. Groundwater contamination in Bangladesh; Section 5. Industrial and mining water use: 26. Water issues in Canada's tar sands; 27. Science, governance, and environmental impacts of mines in developing countries: lessons from Ok Tedi in Papua New Guinea; Section 6. Rural and remote communities: 28. Aboriginal access to water in Australia: opportunities and constraints; 29. Providing for social equity in water markets: the case for an indigenous reserve in northern Australia; Section 7. Water infrastructure design and operation: 30. Flood hazard, floodplain policy and flood management; Section 8. Managing water across borders: 31. Decision-making in the Murray-Darling Basin; 32. Challenges to water cooperation in the lower Jordan River Basin; 33. Adaptation and change in Yellow River management; 34. Managing international river basins: successes and failures of the Mekong River Commission; Section 9. Market mechanisms in water management: 35. Inter-sectoral water trading as a climate change adaptation strategy; Contributors; Index.