Integrated Water Resource Management An Interdisciplinary Approach

Integrated Water Resource Management An Interdisciplinary Approach / by Neil S. Grigg.

This book addresses the enormous global challenge of providing balanced and sustainable solutions to urgent water problems. The author explores our dependence on access to safe water and other water-related services and how driving forces of the human and natural worlds are degrading this access. Th...

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Main Author: Grigg, Neil S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental geography.
Environmental management.
Hydrology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Water as a connector among societal needs
  • Chapter 2: Framework and scenarios of IWRM
  • Chapter 3:  Purposes and systems of water management
  • Chapter 4: Planning for integrative problem–solving
  • Chapter 5: IWRM and water governance
  • Chapter 6: Systems thinking as an IWRM tool
  • Chapter 7: Watersheds as social-ecological systems
  • Chapter 8: Integrated urban water systems
  • Chapter 9: Water conflicts, compacts, and treaties
  • Chapter 10: Hydrology of water supply and natural systems
  • Chapter 11: Demand for water, water services, and ecosystem services
  • Chapter 12: Water infrastructure and equipment
  • Chapter 13: Water infrastructure planning process
  • Chapter 14: Models, data and monitoring in IWRM
  • Chapter 15: Water laws and regulations
  • Chapter 16: Economic and decision tools for IWRM
  • Chapter 17: Social aspects of water management
  • Chapter 18: Water resources and environmental assessment
  • Chapter 19: Finance in water management
  • Chapter 20: Water security, disasters and risk assessment
  • Chapter 21: Capacity-building for IWRM: education, training and research
  • Chapter 22: Case studies of IWRM archetypes
  • Appendix to Chapter: Case presentations
  • Presentation of case summaries.

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