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Book Synopsis Management of Latin American River Basins by : Asit K. Biswas
Download or read book Management of Latin American River Basins written by Asit K. Biswas and published by United Nations University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bolivia Summit of the Americas declared in 1996 that "despite extensive efforts by countries in the Americas to improve water use and management, demand continues to rise while contamination has seriously degraded the quality of freshwater, spreading disease and causing economic losses."Increasing populations, the environmental stresses of economic development and water-related public health risks make sustainable water management increasingly complex. As per-capita demand for water in developing countries is steadily increasing, analysis indicates that the cost of future water source development will be double to triple the cost of similar projects in the current decade.This book gathers expert analyses of issues surrounding three of Latin America's largest and most important rivers, including inter-state and intra-state conflicts over their fair and sustainable use.
Book Synopsis Water Management of the Amazon Basin by : Braga Júnior Braga Jr.
Download or read book Water Management of the Amazon Basin written by Braga Júnior Braga Jr. and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water Resources in the Amazon Basin by : Marcos Heil Costa
Download or read book Water Resources in the Amazon Basin written by Marcos Heil Costa and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water Management of the Amazon Basin by : Braga Júnior Braga Jr.
Download or read book Water Management of the Amazon Basin written by Braga Júnior Braga Jr. and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hydrology and Water Resources in Tropical Regions by : J. Balek
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Resources in Tropical Regions written by J. Balek and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1983-07-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, integrated view of the behaviour of the tropical hydrological cycle under various ecological, geographical and climatological conditions. The book also examines the problems of water management in relation to agriculture and civil engineering.
Book Synopsis Enhancing water management capacity in a changing world: the challenge of increasing global access to water and sanitation by : Fernando Rosado Spilki (organizador)
Download or read book Enhancing water management capacity in a changing world: the challenge of increasing global access to water and sanitation written by Fernando Rosado Spilki (organizador) and published by Editora Feevale. This book was released on with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable water management in the tropics and subtropics - and case studies in Brazil. Vl. 4. by :
Download or read book Sustainable water management in the tropics and subtropics - and case studies in Brazil. Vl. 4. written by and published by unipampa. This book was released on with total page 1521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America by : Asit K. Biswas
Download or read book Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America written by Asit K. Biswas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive analyses of transboundary water management in Latin America are conspicuous by their absence. The situation is a little better for rivers compared to groundwater resources. Transboundary water management in Latin America has been evolving in a somewhat different manner compared to other continents. The book includes eight authoritative case studies of Latin American transboundary rivers and aquifers, as well as a thinkpiece on the complexities of managing aquifers based on global experiences. The case studies are of different scales, ranging from the mighty Amazon to small Silala. The overall focus of the book is on ways in which such difficult and complex rivers and aquifers that are shared by two or more countries can be managed efficiently and equitably, and on the lessons, both positive and negative, that other regions can learn from the Latin American experience. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Book Synopsis Water In A Developing World by : Albert Utton
Download or read book Water In A Developing World written by Albert Utton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the questions of how best to manage water resources in the face of growing demand. It explores various water management problems encountered by developing countries, with an emphasis on institutional and human factors that affect economic growth.
Book Synopsis Enhancing water management capacity in a changing world: the challenge of increasing global access to water and sanitation by : Fernando Rosado Spilki (organizador)
Download or read book Enhancing water management capacity in a changing world: the challenge of increasing global access to water and sanitation written by Fernando Rosado Spilki (organizador) and published by Editora Feevale. This book was released on with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water Resources Systems Planning and Management by : Sharad K. Jain
Download or read book Water Resources Systems Planning and Management written by Sharad K. Jain and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-09-12 with total page 883 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into four parts. The first part, Preliminaries, begins by introducing the basic theme of the book. It provides an overview of the current status of water resources utilization, the likely scenario of future demands, and advantages and disadvantages of systems techniques. An understanding of how the hydrological data are measured and processed is important before undertaking any analysis. The discussion is extended to emerging techniques, such as Remote Sensing, GIS, Artificial Neural Networks, and Expert Systems. The statistical tools for data analysis including commonly used probability distributions, parameter estimation, regression and correlation, frequency analysis, and time-series analysis are discussed in a separate chapter. Part 2 Decision Making, is a bouquet of techniques organized in 4 chapters. After discussing optimization and simulation, the techniques of economic analysis are covered. Recently, environmental and social aspects, and rehabilitation and resettlement of project-affected people have come to occupy a central stage in water resources management and any good book is incomplete unless these topics are adequately covered. The concept of rational decision making along with risk, reliability, and uncertainty aspects form subject matter of a chapter. With these analytical tools, the practitioner is well equipped to take a rational decision for water resources utilization. Part 3 deals with Water Resources Planning and Development. This part discusses the concepts of planning, the planning process, integrated planning, public involvement, and reservoir sizing.The last part focuses on Systems Operation and Management. After a resource is developed, it is essential to manage it in the best possible way. Many dams around the world are losing some storage capacity every year due to sedimentation and therefore, the assessment and management of reservoir sedimentation is described in details. No analysis of water resources systems is complete without consideration of water quality. A river basin is the natural unit in which water occurs. The final chapter discusses various issues related to holistic management of a river basin.
Book Synopsis Investigating Climate and Land Cover Driven Changes to Surface and Groundwater Resources Across Scales in the Amazon Basin by : Brent Porter Heerspink
Download or read book Investigating Climate and Land Cover Driven Changes to Surface and Groundwater Resources Across Scales in the Amazon Basin written by Brent Porter Heerspink and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon River and its associated tropical rainforest represent one of the words most important freshwater systems. The Amazon responsible for globally important water, nutrient and energy fluxes. Together the river and rainforest account for ~20% of global freshwater, 10% of global species diversity and store roughly 150Pg of carbon. Alterations to the Amazon's landscape including deforestation, agricultural expansion, infrastructure development, increased forest fire occurrence and changing precipitation patterns threaten the stability of the system. In this thesis, I work toward a better understanding how water resources are responding to changes in climate and land cover across the Amazon Basin. In Chapter 1, I investigate how deforestation and climate change have altered the water balance in the Amazon Basin. Specifically, I used statistical analyses to quantify changes in streamflow, groundwater storage, and evapotranspiration, and link these the observed changes in land cover and precipitation. In Chapter 2, I focus on how groundwater dynamics are altered by deforestation and conversation to agriculture. To address these question, I developed a groundwater model for a site representative of the heavily defrosted southern headwaters of the Amazon Basin. Together, these efforts reveal how deforestation and climate change are effecting water resources in the Amazon. Better understanding these effects will be crucial to developing policy that balances resource development and environmental impact in this critically important region.
Book Synopsis Sustainable water management in the tropics and subtropics - and case studies in Brazil. Vl.1 by :
Download or read book Sustainable water management in the tropics and subtropics - and case studies in Brazil. Vl.1 written by and published by unipampa. This book was released on with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water Resources by : Oliver Fritsch
Download or read book Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water Resources written by Oliver Fritsch and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-05 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cutting-edge Handbook provides a global perspective on the current issues affecting water politics and governance. Focusing in particular on the policy-making process and the power dynamics that it involves, it showcases the emerging diversity of objectives, instruments and governance approaches in the field of water resources.
Book Synopsis Integrated Water Resources Management in Practice by : Roberto Lenton
Download or read book Integrated Water Resources Management in Practice written by Roberto Lenton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Better water management will be crucial if we are to meet many of the key challenges of this century - feeding the worlds growing population and reducing poverty, meeting water and sanitation needs, protecting vital ecosystems, all while adapting to climate change. The approach known as Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is widely recognized as the best way forward, but is poorly understood, even within the water sector. Since a core IWRM principle is that good water management must involve the water users, the understanding and involvement of other sectors is critical for success. There is thus an urgent need for practical guidance, for both water and development professionals, based on real world examples, rather than theoretical constructs. That is what this book provides. Using case studies, the book illustrates how better water management, guided by the IWRM approach, has helped to meet a wide range of sustainable development goals. It does this by considering practical examples, looking at how IWRM has contributed, at different scales, from very local, village-level experiences to reforms at national level and beyond to cases involving trans-boundary river basins. Using these on-the-ground experiences, from both developed and developing countries in five continents, the book provides candid and practical lessons for policy-makers, donors, and water and development practitioners worldwide, looking at how IWRM principles were applied, what worked, and, equally important, what didn‘t work, and why. Published with the Global Water Partnership
Book Synopsis Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics by : Michael Bonell
Download or read book Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics written by Michael Bonell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-02 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental problems in the humid tropical regions, where the focus is on the fate and management of the surviving rainforest and climate change, are attracting increasing attention internationally. The distribution of tropical rainfall is highly variable, and in many regions the supply of potable water is inadequate. By the end of the century one-third of the world's population will be living in the humid tropics. This book considers all aspects of hydrology in the humid tropics. The first four parts of the book cover the physical basis of hydrology in the humid tropics: climatology, meteorology, process hydrology, sedimentation, water quality and freshwater ecology. This is followed by extensive treatment of the human and societal issues: land-use changes, water resource management, and rural and urban water supply in the tropical regions. The book is a uniquely integrated summary of hydrology in the tropics.
Book Synopsis Amazonian Floodplain Forests by : Wolfgang J. Junk
Download or read book Amazonian Floodplain Forests written by Wolfgang J. Junk and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-27 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central Amazonian floodplain forests are an unique and endangered ecosystem. The forests grow in areas that are annually flooded by large rivers during mean periods of up to 8 months and at depths of up to 10 m. Despite this severe stress, these forests consist of over 1,000 species and are by far the most species-rich floodplain forests worldwide. The trees show a broad range of morphological, anatomical, physiological, and phenological adaptations that enable them not only to survive the adverse environmental conditions, but also to produce large amounts of biomass when the nutrient levels in water and soils are sufficiently high. This is the case in the floodplains of white-water rivers, which are used for fisheries, agriculture, and cattle-ranching but which also have a high potential for the production of timber and non-timber products, when adequately managed. Latest research on ecophysiology gives insight how tree species adapt to the oscillating flood-pulse focusing on their photosynthesis, respiration, sap flow, biochemistry, phenology, wood and leave anatomy, root morphology and functioning, fruit chemistry, seed germination, seedling establishment, nitrogen fixation and genetic variability. Based on tree ages, lifetime growth rates and net primary production, new concepts are developed to improve the sustainability of traditional forest managements in the background of an integrated natural resource management. This is the first integrative book on the functioning and ecologically oriented use of floodplain forests in the tropics and sub-tropics.It provides fundamental knowledge for scientist, students, foresters and other professionals on their distribution, evolution and phytogeography. “This book is an excellent testimony to the interdisciplinary collaboration of a group of very dedicated scientists to unravel the functioning of the Amazonian Floodplain forests. They have brought together a highly valuable contribution on the distribution, ecology, primary production, ecophysiology, typology, biodiversity, and human use of these forests offering recommendations for sustainable management and future projects in science and development of these unique wetland ecosystems. It lays a solid scientific foundation for wetland ecologists, foresters, environmentalists, wetland managers, and all those interested in sustainable management in the tropics and subtropics.” Brij Gopal, Executive Vice President International Society for Limnology (SIL).
