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Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications

Author
Loucks, Daniel P.; van Beek, Eelco; Stedinger, Jery R.; Dijkman, Jozef P.M.; Villars, Monique T.
Abstract
Throughout history much of the world has witnessed
ever-greater demands for reliable, high-quality and
inexpensive water supplies for domestic consumption,
agriculture and industry. In recent decades there have
also been increasing demands for hydrological regimes
that support healthy and diverse ecosystems, provide for
water-based recreational activities, reduce if not prevent
floods and droughts, and in some cases, provide for the
production of hydropower and ensure water levels adequate
for ship navigation. Water managers are challenged
to meet these multiple and often conflicting demands. At
the same time, public stakeholder interest groups have
shown an increasing desire to take part in the water
resources development and management decision making
process. Added to all these management challenges
are the uncertainties of natural water supplies and
demands due to changes in our climate, changes in
people's standards of living, changes in watershed land
uses and changes in technology. How can managers
develop, or redevelop and restore, and then manage water
resources systems - systems ranging from small watersheds
to those encompassing large river basins and coastal
zones - in a way that meets society's changing objectives
and goals? In other words, how can water resources
systems become more integrated and sustainable?
Journal/Series
Studies and reports in hydrology;
Description
This 2005 version has been superseded by the 2017 edition, available in full here: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/48159
Date Issued
2005Publisher
Paris : UNESCO
Subject
Water resources systems; planning and management
ISBN
9231039989
Type
book