Integrated and Participatory Water Resources Management - Practice
Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa author Francesca Cellina author Francesca Pianosi author Enrico Weber author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Elsevier Science & Technology
Published:17th Jul '07
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A new paradigm to cope with the water challenge of the new century
Presents a participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources. The book provides practicing professionals, decision-makers and scientists with an example of application of the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) paradigm. It describes the complete development of a real world application of IWRM.A participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources is presented and illustrated through its application to a real-world case study: the planning of a trans-boundary, multi-purpose, regulated lake. Methods and concepts from Hydrology, System Analysis, Optimal Control, Decision and Negotiation Theory are presented and framed in a comprehensive and coherent procedure for the efficient development of the decision-making process. Relevant theoretical and mathematical aspects are briefly presented for the non-expert reader, as well as all those practical details that are often omitted in texts, but that constitute the very essence of a project and make the difference between a successful project and a failure. The book provides practicing professionals, decision-makers and scientists with a complete, immediate example of application of the Integrated Water Resource Management paradigm.
ISBN: 9780444530127
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 960g
426 pages