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Watershed Management

Author : Timothy Randhir
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843391090
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Watershed Management written by Timothy Randhir and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watershed management is an integrated approach that evaluates system-wide implications of natural resource problems. It has received considerable attention among communities and resource managers as an appropriate approach to deal with complex problems. Problem-solving is an important aspect of watersheds that involves diagnosis, assessment, solution, and implementation issues that often mean processing an enormous amount of information. A typical problem requires compilation of information from a variety of sources and is time consuming. This book will use a problem-based approach to present information on each problem facing watersheds. The subject area derives from a variety of disciplines and experiences and is presented clear and systematically throughout for easy reading and understanding. The problems covered in the book are major ones facing watersheds through the globe. The first chapter introduces principles of watershed management and is followed by chapters that are problem specific. Each problem is dealt with systematically with introduction, analysis, strategies, and further references. Watershed Management provides a valuable reference to professionals, students, scientists, and common citizens who are interested in learning about the variety of problems and approaches in watershed management.

Swimming Upstream

Author : Paul A. Sabatier
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262264754
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book Swimming Upstream written by Paul A. Sabatier and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005-04-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, water resource management in the United States has begun a shift away from top-down, government agency-directed decision processes toward a collaborative approach of negotiation and problem solving. Rather than focusing on specific pollution sources or specific areas within a watershed, this new process considers the watershed as a whole, seeking solutions to an interrelated set of social, economic, and environmental problems. Decision making involves face-to-face negotiations among a variety of stakeholders, including federal, state, and local agencies, landowners, environmentalists, industries, and researchers. Swimming Upstream analyzes the collaborative approach by providing a historical overview of watershed management in the United States and a normative and empirical conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating the process. The bulk of the book looks at a variety of collaborative watershed planning projects across the country. It first examines the applications of relatively short-term collaborative strategies in Oklahoma and Texas, exploring issues of trust and legitimacy. It then analyzes factors affecting the success of relatively long-term collaborative partnerships in the National Estuary Program and in 76 watersheds in Washington and California. Bringing analytical rigor to a field that has been dominated by practitioners' descriptive accounts, Swimming Upstream makes a vital contribution to public policy, public administration, and environmental management.

Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments

Author : V Ratna Reddy
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128152761
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments by : V Ratna Reddy

Download or read book Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments written by V Ratna Reddy and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrated Approaches to Sustainable Watershed Management in Xeric Environments: A Training Manual provides the reader with the tools they need to understand an integrated approach to watershed management. The book presents a conceptual framework of water management based on the authors' vast experience. Topics covered include a scientific background of watershed management and the integration of geohydraulic and socioeconomic factors. Key points are further enhanced with case studies, problem sets, Bayesian Networks and quizzes to educate watershed managers, industry professionals and agencies. Authored by a team of leaders in the field who are responsible for groundbreaking research in the area, this book draws on their experience synthesizing scientific, practical, on the ground expertise. This is an essential tool for researchers and professionals in environmental, water or natural resource management. - Presents an integrated approach—combining different sciences— that allows for the improved design of watersheds through the integration of biophysical, land use and socioeconomic analyses - Contains activities for self-evaluation - Includes case studies drawing from field experiences, giving the reader deeper insights into challenges faced, practical problems and solutions

Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309172683
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply by : National Research Council

Download or read book Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-02-17 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.

Mitigating Land Degradation and Improving Livelihoods

Author : Feras Ziadat
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317624130
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis Mitigating Land Degradation and Improving Livelihoods by : Feras Ziadat

Download or read book Mitigating Land Degradation and Improving Livelihoods written by Feras Ziadat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research presented in this book demonstrates how an integrated ‘systems’ approach to farming in the watershed context increases the effectiveness of a production system and improves people’s livelihoods. It takes an integrated approach, using one watershed in Ethiopia as a ‘laboratory’ or model case study to focus on the interaction and interdependence between land, water, crops, soil, water harvesting, supplemental irrigation, forestry, socio-economic aspects, livestock and farm tools. A range of linked studies was conducted with active participation of the farming community and other relevant stakeholders, such as the local offices of agriculture and extension services. The starting point for the work was the premise that previous efforts to solve farming system constraints using a piecemeal approach or discipline-specific focus have not been successful. Thus, addressing agricultural and environmental constraints through a holistic approach enables the generation of comprehensive technologies to sustainably improve the natural resource base and livelihoods of communities. The authors discuss trade-offs and resource allocation, demonstrating how the environment can be protected while also improving productivity. A unique feature is the methodology developed for the selection of suitable fields and farmers to implement new approaches or improved technologies, to achieve production increases while reducing degradation of sensitive agro-ecosystems. It is also shown how the watershed scale is a valuable basis for assessing the protection of fragile lands.

Water Resources

Author : Joseph Holden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134614675
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Water Resources written by Joseph Holden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world faces huge challenges for water as population continues to grow, as emerging economies develop and as climate change alters the global and local water cycle. There are major questions to be answered about how we supply water in a sustainable and safe manner to fulfil our needs, while at the same time protecting vulnerable ecosystems from disaster. Water Resources: An Integrated Approach provides students with a comprehensive overview of both natural and socio-economic processes associated with water. The book contains chapters written by 20 specialist contributors, providing expert depth of coverage to topics. The text guides the reader through the topic of water starting with its unique properties and moving through environmental processes and human impacts upon them including the changing water cycle, water movement in river basins, water quality, groundwater and aquatic ecosystems. The book then covers management strategies for water resources, water treatment and re-use, and the role of water in human health before covering water economics and water conflict. The text concludes with a chapter that examines new concepts such as virtual water that help us understand current and future water resource use and availability across interconnected local and global scales. This book provides a novel interdisciplinary approach to water in a changing world, from an environmental change perspective and inter-related social, political and economic dimensions. It includes global examples from both the developing and developed world. Each chapter is supplemented with boxed case studies, end of chapter questions, and further reading, as well as a glossary of terms. The text is richly illustrated throughout with over 150 full colour diagrams and photos.

The Economics of Water Resources

Author : Ariel Dinar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131673210X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Water Resources written by Ariel Dinar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Population growth and rising living standards, on the one hand, and changing climate, on the other hand, have exacerbated water scarcity worldwide. To address this problem, policymakers need to take a wide view of the water economy – a complex structure involving environmental, social, economic, legal, and institutional aspects. A coherent water policy must look at the water economy as a whole and apply a comprehensive approach to policy interventions. Written by two of the world's leading scholars on economics of water, this is the first graduate-level textbook on the topic. The book discusses water resource management within a comprehensive framework that integrates the different, yet highly entwined, elements of a water economy. It follows the steps needed to develop a well-designed set of policies based on detailed analyses of intervention measures, using multi-sectoral and economy-wide examples from a variety of locations and situations around the world.

Watershed Resources Management

Author : K. William Easter
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9813035749
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Watershed Resources Management written by K. William Easter and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1991 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, a systemwide approach to watershed resource management is essential. As recent history has shown, the usual mixture of biophysical management measures are often constrained by institutional factors, frequently producing limited results. This book offers important management alternatives, examining this resource problem within an economic framework, using an interdisciplinary approach. Part I introduces the basic economic, biophysical, social, institutional, and policy aspects of watershed management. Part II illustrates specific watershed approaches through selected case studies from Asia and the Pacific.

Comprehensive Watershed Management and Planning

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Comprehensive Watershed Management and Planning written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Statewide Watershed Management Course

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Statewide Watershed Management Course written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management

Author : Geoffrey D. Gooch
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 184977515X
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Book Synopsis Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management by : Geoffrey D. Gooch

Download or read book Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management written by Geoffrey D. Gooch and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the major problems facing practitioners and scientists working with water management is how to integrate knowledge and experiences from scientific, policy and stakeholder perspectives. In this book this science-policy-stakeholder interface (SPSI) is examined both analytically and through the description of practical experiences from river basins in Europe, India and South-East Asia. These include the Tungabhadra (India), Sesan (Vietnam/Cambodia), Tagus (Spain/Portugal) and Glomma (Norway), which particularly highlight issues associated with pollution, severely altered river flows and transboundary conflicts. Following two chapters which lay the framework for the book the authors describe how SPSI was managed in the case study basins and how stakeholder participation and scenarios were used to integrate different perspectives, and to facilitate the communication of different forms of knowledge. Four important aspects of water management and SPSI are then discussed; these are water pollution, land and water interaction, environmental flow and transboundary water regimes. Short descriptions of the case study rivers are provided together with analyses of how SPSI was managed in water management in these basins and policy recommendations for the basins. The book concludes by providing a series of recommendations for improving the science-policy-stakeholder interface in water management. It represents a major step forward in our understanding of how to implement integrated water resources management.

In Search of Sustainable Water Management

Author : Douglas S. Kenney
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845424646
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Sustainable Water Management written by Douglas S. Kenney and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume adeptly analyzes some of the most salient challenges that face water managers and policy makers: balancing private and public sector roles in water allocation, protecting environmental values and indigenous rights to water, avoiding transboundary water conflicts, and integrating the concept of sustainable development within water policies. . . the chapters in this book are comprehensive and well balanced. . . Kenney and his colleagues have put forth an important contribution to western water policy scholarship. They offer concrete ideas for sustainable water management in the western US informed by international cases, while acknowledging the West s unique political and social context. Tanya Heikkila, Journal of the American Water Resources Association Collectively the papers provide concise, insightful coverage of critical water problems in the US and carefully integrate relevant lessons from international water management into these discussions. Highly recommended. B.F. Hope, Choice Water issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume examine the universal challenge of sustainable water management to improve the use of water resources already developed and find ways to moderate our growing collective thirst. The volume begins with an exploration of the opportunities, arguments, and mechanisms for transferring lessons between the American West and foreign nations. Succeeding chapters cover individual issues such as: water allocation and the relationship between market mechanisms and government-based approaches, the challenge of environmental protection, the protection of cultural values with a focus on indigenous water rights, the significance of international and interstate rivers in promoting regional conflict and cooperation, and the role of water management in sustainable development. A comprehensive look at one of our most pressing issues, In Search of Sustainable Water Management will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners in the areas of water management, law, policy studies, economics, planning and public administration.

Water Management in 2020 and Beyond

Author : Asit K. Biswas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540893466
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis Water Management in 2020 and Beyond by : Asit K. Biswas

Download or read book Water Management in 2020 and Beyond written by Asit K. Biswas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to authoritatively assess how water management will be shaped by 2020 due to forces within and outside the water sector. It offers a pragmatic assessment arrived at by experts from different parts of the world and different fields.

Information Management for the Watershed Approach in the Pacific Northwest

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Information Management for the Watershed Approach in the Pacific Northwest written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Capability Development in Support of Comprehensive Approaches

Author : Derrick Neal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Capability Development in Support of Comprehensive Approaches written by Derrick Neal and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book includes papers presented at the Second International Transformation (ITX2) Conference, held in Rome, Italy, at the NATO Defense College (NDC) June 21-23, 2011, as well as a summary of the conference discussions. Co-hosted by NDC, Allied Command Transformation (ACT), and the International Transformation (ITX) Chairs Network, the conference brought together academics, policymakers, and practitioners from 13 nations to discuss the topic of 'Capability Development in Support of Comprehensive Approaches : Transforming International Civil-Military Interactions'."--P. vii

Comprehensive Approaches to Conflict Resolution

Author : Harriott, Suzzette A.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (693 download)

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Download or read book Comprehensive Approaches to Conflict Resolution written by Harriott, Suzzette A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-08-28 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In businesses and organizations marked with complex and multifaceted conflicts, the integration of effective conflict resolution practice is pivotal. Conflicts may range from individual or interpersonal conflicts to broad organizational or international disputes. Along with new conflict resolution practices comes the need to understand the cultural implications of approaching methods as well as the impacts of technology. Comprehensive Approaches to Conflict Resolution establishes tools and methods for effective conflict resolution, bridging diverse methodologies, theories, and practical applications in fields like psychology, sociology, law, international relations, ethnography, and anthropology. It explores various theories and models in conflict resolution, such as practical negotiation, group conflict, and mediation strategies. This book covers topics such as conflict management and resolution, social identity, and mediation tools, and is a useful resource for academicians, researchers, educators, students, business owners, industry professionals, counselors, and entrepreneurs.

Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Water Management

Author : Jeroen Warner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317093151
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Water Management written by Jeroen Warner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. This book focuses on water management to take a positive, if critical, look at this phenomenon. Illustrated by a wide geographical range of case studies from both developed and developing worlds, it recognizes that MSPs will neither automatically break down divides nor bring actors to the table on an equal footing, and argues that MSPs may in some cases do more harm than good. The volume then examines how MSPs can make a difference and how they might successfully co-opt the public, private and civil-society sectors. The book highlights the particular difficulties of MSPs when dealing with integrated water management programmes, explaining how MSPs are most successful at a less complex and more local level. It finally questions whether MSPs are - or can be - sustainable, and puts forward suggestions for improving their durability.