Water resources planning: fundamentals for an integrated framework
"Now in an extensively updated fourth edition, this essential text offers a comprehensive survey of all aspects of water resources planning and management. Utilizing an integrated water resources management (IWRM) framework, the authors show how this approach can clarify and help resolve resource management problems in ways that take into account complicated and interconnected social, economic, and environmental needs. Spanning the full planning process, the book considers legal and administrat…
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- Full title :Water resources planning : fundamentals for an integrated framework / Andrew A. Dzurik, Tara Shenoy Kulkarni, Bonnie Kranzer Boland.
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"Now in an extensively updated fourth edition, this essential text offers a comprehensive survey of all aspects of water resources planning and management. Utilizing an integrated water resources management (IWRM) framework, the authors show how this approach can clarify and help resolve resource management problems in ways that take into account complicated and interconnected social, economic, and environmental needs. Spanning the full planning process, the book considers legal and administrative issues; economic and forecasting factors; water quality, quantity, supply, use and demand; and model applications. The authors’ goal throughout is to provide a practical foundation for improving ecological and human environmental systems for practitioners and students alike."--
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- Publication Date:2019
- Edition:Fourth edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield
- Place of Publication:Lanham, Maryland
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
The Physical Object
- Description:xxviii, 478 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781442253995, 1442253991
- oclc:on1047574750
- LC Classification:HD1691
- Dewey Decimal:333.91/170973
Table of Contents
Introduction: the watery planet -- The planning process -- Hydrologic fundamentals -- Water use and supply -- Water law -- Federal agencies, legislation, and intergorvernmental cooperation -- State and intergovernmental agencies and programs -- Water quality -- Economic analysis -- Floodplain management -- Stormwater planning and management -- Models in water resources planning -- Other planning issues -- Future directions -- Appendix A. Federal information sources -- Appendix B. Conversion table.
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