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Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples

This book provides an overview of facts, theories and methods from hydrology, geology, geophysics, law, ethics, economics, ecology, engineering, sociology, diplomacy and many other disciplines with relevance for concepts and practice of water resources management. It provides comprehensive, but also...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bogardi, Janos J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gupta, Joyeeta. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Nandalal, K. D. Wasantha. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Salamé, Léna. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), van Nooijen, Ronald R.P. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kumar, Navneet. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tingsanchali, Tawatchai. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bhaduri, Anik. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kolechkina, Alla G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:
Water pollution.
Environmental management.
Hydrology.
Physical geography.
Public health.
Engineering geology.
Engineering—Geology.
Foundations.
Hydraulics.
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
Hydrology/Water Resources.
Earth System Sciences.
Public Health.
Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Guide to the Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples
  • Water a unique phenomenon and resource
  • Water and its Management: Dependence, Linkages and Challenges
  • A drop in the ocean: on writing histories of water resource management
  • Water Ethics
  • Water law and rights
  • Water discourses
  • The water security discourse and its main actors
  • Water governance and policies
  • Economics of water security
  • Drivers, pressures and stressors: the societal framework of water resources management
  • Water resources management: integrated and adaptive decision making
  • Observation, monitoring and data management
  • Assessment of water quantity
  • Assessment of land/catchment use and degradation
  • Freshwaters: global distribution, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and human pressures
  • Water, energy and food relations in Gulf Cooperation Council
  • Examples of water resources management options
  • Examples of water and land use management
  • Water and energy
  • Water management and stewardship in mining regions
  • Water-related hazard and risk management
  • Groundwater and conjunctive use management
  • Storage Reservoir Operation and Management
  • Complexity in water management and governance.

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