Water resources sustainability is the ability to use water in sufficient quantities and quality, critically meeting the needs of humans and ecosystems to sustain life, and to protect humans from the damages brought about by natural and human-caused disasters that affect sustaining life. This manual...
Water resources sustainability is the ability to use water in sufficient quantities and quality, critically meeting the needs of humans and ecosystems to sustain life, and to protect humans from the damages brought about by natural and human-caused disasters that affect sustaining life. This manual includes information for analyzing water resource needs, modeling supply reliability, irrigation, and optimization. Written by Larry W. Mays, Ph.D, P.E., P.H.
Contents:
- Introduction: Water Sustainability
- Water Sustainability: Parallels of Past Civilizations and The Present
- Water Resources Sustainability: An Ecological-Economics Perspective
- Managing for Sustainability in Arizona, USA: Linking Climate, Water Management and Growth
- Optimization Modeling for Sustainable Groundwater and Conjunctive Use Policy Development
- Multiobjective Analysis for Sustainability - Conjuctive Use Planning of Groundwater and Surface Water
- Uncertainties and Risks in Water Resources Projects
- Climate Change Effects and Water Management Options
- Water Sustainability: The Potential Impact of Climate Change
- Water Supply Security: an Introduction
- Water Resources Sustainability Issues in South Korea
- Water-Based Sustainable Integrated Regional Development
- Community Management of Rural Water Systems in Ghana: Postconstruction Support and Water and Sanitation Committees in Brong Ahafo and Volta Regions
- Is Privatization of Water Utilities Sustainable? Lessons from the European Experience
Order No: WPM409
Medium: Book, Hard Cover
Pages: 330
Publisher: WEF Press
Year: 2006