Water resources perspectives : evaluation, management and policy /

Many countries in the world have made great efforts, to remedy the water shortage, by providing financial and technical backing, for water desalination, treatment of wastewater and improved management and conservation techniques. Water ministries, universities and research centres have supported sci...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alsharhan, A. S.
Otros Autores: Wood, Warren W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2003.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Developments in water science ; 50.
Temas:
Water resources development.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation.
water resources development.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Water resources development
Vattenf�ors�orjning.
waterbeheer
water management
watervoorraden
water resources
waterbeleid
water policy
Water Management (General)
Waterbeheer (algemeen)
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • PART I: INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Managing and Allocating Water Resources: Adopting the Integrated Water Resource Management Approach
  • PART II: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
  • Chapter 2. Integrated Water Resources Management is More a Political than a Technical Challenge
  • Chapter 3. Scenarios as a Tool in Water Management: Considerations of Scale and Application
  • Chapter 4. Water Sustainability: Science or Science Fiction? Perspective from One Scientist
  • Chapter 5. Improving Irrigation Efficiency through Technology Adoption: When will it Conserve Water?
  • Chapter 6. Lessons Learnt from the Impact of the Neglected Role of Groundwater in Spain's Water Policy
  • Chapter 7. Hydrologic Sciences and Water Resources Management Issues in a Changing World
  • PART III: ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
  • Chapter 8. The Nile Basin Regime: A Role for Law?,
  • Chapter 9. Biosphere Reserves on North-western Egyptian Coast, a Site for Monitoring Biodiversity and Integrated Water Management
  • Chapter 10. Contribution of UNESCO-International Hydrological Program to Water Resources Management in the Arabian Gulf Countries
  • Chapter 11. Salinih/Management for the Landscapes and Rivers: The Murray-Darling Basin in Australia
  • Chapter 12. Alternative Water Policies for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
  • Chapter 13. Reallocation of Water and the Hydrological Effects of Climate Change: The Upper Rio Grande Basin, Southwestern USA
  • Chapter 14. Water Management in the Arabian Gulf Region and a Partial Solution to Water Shortages
  • Chapter 15. Impact of Political, Scientific and Non-Technical Issues on Regional Groundwater Modeling: Case Study from Texas, USA
  • Chapter 16. Sustainable Development and Management of Water Resources in the Arab Region
  • Chapter 17. Water Management Strategies in the Arabian Gulf Countries
  • Chapter 18. The Environmental Impact of Groundwater Exploitation in African Grasslands: Examples and a Case Study from the Kalahari Region
  • Chapter 19. From Vision to Action: Towards a National Policy for Integrated Water Management in Sudan
  • Chapter 20. Water Resources in the United Arab Emirates
  • PART IV: SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ADVANCES IN SUPPORT OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
  • Chapter 21. Renewable and Non-renewable Groundwater in Semi-arid and Arid Regions
  • Chapter 22. Groundwater Recharge Estimates in Arid Areas Using Channel Morphology and a Simulation Model
  • Chapter 23. Enhanced Salinization
  • Chapter 24. Timing of Recharge, and the Origin, Evolution, and Distribution of Solutes in a Hyperarid Aquifer System
  • Chapter 25. Fully-integrated Modeling of Surface and Subsurface Water Flow and Solute Transport: Model Overview and Application
  • Chapter 26. From Drainage to Recharge to Discharge: Some Time Lags in Subsurface Hydrology
  • Chapter 27. Environmental Tracers Applied to Quantifying Causes of Salini�/in Arid-region Rivers: Results from the Rio Grande Basin, Southwestern USA
  • Chapter 28. Climate Outlooks for Water Management Adaptation to Climate Change in the Middle East
  • Chapter 29. Lenses, Plumes and Wedges in the Sultanate of Oman: A Challenge for Groundwater Management
  • Chapter 30. Later Quaternary Paleorecharge Events in the Arabian Peninsula
  • Chapter 31. Dating of Holocene Ground-Water Recharge in Western Part of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates): Constraints on Global Climate-Change Models.

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