Water Resources Management

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Risk and Uncertainty Analysis for Sustainable Urban Water Systems: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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May 01, 2013
Author(s):
Krishna Bahadur Khatri
A combination of future change pressures - including unprecedented growth in population, urbanization, socio-economic, and climate change - are imposing new stresses on the earth’s resources and society’s ability to maintain or improve infrastructure systems and environmental quality. While …
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Competences in context: Knowledge and capacity development in public water management in Indonesia and The Netherlands; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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April 23, 2013
Author(s):
Judith Kaspersma
International cooperation for reaching development goals has expanded gradually since the 1950s. The effectiveness of the Overseas Development Aid (ODA) has become a topic of great public interest. A growing body of experience exists to demonstrate that finance alone is not sufficient for …
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Natural and Engineered Solutions for Drinking Water Supplies: Lessons from the Northeastern United States and Directions for Global Watershed Management
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March 26, 2013
Editor(s):
Emily Alcott; Mark S Ashton; Bradford S Gentry
Illuminating opportunities to develop a more integrated approach to municipal water system design, Natural and Engineered Solutions for Drinking Water Supplies: Lessons from the Northeastern United States and Directions for Global Watershed Management explores critical factors in the …
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Water Co-Management
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February 21, 2013
Editor(s):
Velma I. Grover; Gail Krantzberg
Co-management is a highly dynamic, evolving, adaptive, and forward looking process. This edited volume covers theoretical background and includes supporting lessons learnt from field experiences. The book has case studies from both North and South America (co-management of fisheries, …
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Integrated Water Resources Management, Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress: Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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February 06, 2013
Author(s):
Collin C. Mabiza
The majority of people in Limpopo river basin depend on rainfed agriculture. Unfortunately the Limpopo is water scarce, and parts of the basin, such as Zimbabwe’s Mzingwane catchment, are under stress in terms of agro-ecological and socio-politicoeconomic conditions. Integrated Water Resources …
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Water Hammer Research: Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics Modeling
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January 22, 2013
Author(s):
Kaveh Hariri Asli
This book provides a broad understanding of the main computational techniques used for water hammer research in water systems. The theoretical background to a number of techniques is introduced, and general data analysis techniques and examining the application of techniques in an industrial …
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A Decision Framework for Integrated Wetland-River Basin Management in a Tropical and Data Scarce Environment: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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January 15, 2013
Author(s):
Mijail Eduardo Arias Hidalgo
Traditionally, wetlands were considered separately from river basin systems. However, nowadays it is becoming common practice to follow an integrated approach in wetland-riverine watershed analysis and management. Such approach requires not only adequate representations of all relevant bio-physical …
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Shared Borders, Shared Waters: Israeli-Palestinian and Colorado River Basin Water Challenges
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December 18, 2012
Editor(s):
Sharon B. Megdal; Robert G. Varady; Susanna Eden
This collection of papers examines water management in two of the world’s prominent, arid transboundary areas facing similar challenges. In the Middle East, the chronically water-short Israeli-Palestinian region has recognized the need both to conserve and supplement its traditional water sources. …
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Impact of Climate Change on Water and Health
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December 18, 2012
Editor(s):
Velma I. Grover
Since the hydrological cycle is so intricately linked to the climate system, any change in climate impacts the water cycle in terms of change in precipitation patterns, melting of snow and ice, increased evaporation, increased atmospheric water vapor and changes in soil moisture and run off. …
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Comprehensive Flood Risk Management: Research for Policy and Practice
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November 01, 2012
Editor(s):
Frans Klijn; Timo Schweckendiek
Flood risk management policy across the European Union is changing, partly in response to the EU Floods Directive and partly because of new scientific approaches and research findings. It involves a move towards comprehensive flood risk management, which requires bringing the following fields/ …
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