Water Resources Planning and Management

by Edited by R. Quentin Grafton , Karen Hussey

• ISBN13: 9780521762588
• ISBN10: 0521762588
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Water is an increasingly critical issue at the forefront of global policy change, management and planning. There are growing concerns about water as a renewable resource, its availability for a wide range of users, aquatic ecosystem health, and global issues relating to climate change, water security, water trading and water ethics. This handbook provides the most comprehensive reference ever published on water resource issues. It brings together multiple disciplines to understand and help resolve problems of water quality and scarcity from a global perspective. Its case studies and 'foundation' chapters will be greatly valued by students, researchers and professionals involved in water resources, hydrology, governance and public policy, law, economics, geography and environmental studies.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Understanding 'Water'

Climate change and the global water cycle

Understanding global hydrology

Groundwater and surface water connectivity

Understanding the basics of water quality

Inland water ecosystems

Water, biodiversity and ecosystems: reducing our impact

Global food production in a water constrained world: exploring 'green' and 'blue' challenges and solutions

Water Resources Planning and Management

Water law and the search for sustainability: a comparative analysis

Tackling the global water crisis: unlocking international law as fundamental to the peaceful management of the world's shared transboundary waters - introducing 'the H2O paradigm'

Risk and uncertainty in water resources planning and management: a basic introduction

Collaboration and stakeholder engagement

Capacity building and knowledge sharing

Adaptive and integrated management of water resources

Gender and integrated water resource management

Environmental flows: achieving ecological outcomes in variable environments

Water Resources Planning and Management - Case Studies

Water and Waste Water Treatment

Overcoming water scarcity in Perth, Western Australia

Cities, agriculture and environment - sharing water in and around Hyderabad, South India

Pricing of urban water services: the case of France

Collaborative flood and drought risk management in the Upper Iskar Basin, Bulgaria

Agricultural Water Use

The role of research and development in drought adaptation on the Colorado River Basin

Climate change in the Murray-Darling Basin: implications for water use and environmental consequences

Urban Water Supply and Management

The urban water challenge in Australian cities

Water sensitive urban design

Water security for Adelaide, South Australia

Aquatic Ecosystems

Groundwater contamination in Bangladesh

Industrial and Mining Water Use

Water issues in Canada's tar sands

Science, governance, and environmental impacts of mines in developing countries: lessons from Ok Tedi in Papua New Guinea

Rural and Remote Communities

Aboriginal access to water in Australia: opportunities and constraints

Providing for social equity in water markets: the case for an indigenous reserve in northern Australia

Water Infrastructure Design and Operation

Flood hazard, floodplain policy and flood management

Managing Water Across Borders

Decision making in the Murray-Darling Basin

Challenges to water cooperation in the lower Jordan River Basin

Adaptation and change in Yellow River management

Managing international river basins: successes and failures of the Mekong River Commission

Market Mechanisms in Water Management

Inter-sectoral water trading as a climate change adaptation strategy

Contributors' biographies

Index

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