Water for life : water management and environmental policy

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Title:

Author:

Wescoat, James L., 1952-

ISBN:

9780521362115

9780521369800

Personal Author:

Wescoat, James L., 1952-

Publication Information:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

Conversions of selected units of hydrologic measurement -- 1. Water and Life -- 2. Challenge and opportunity -- 3. Unfolding recognition of ecosystem change -- 4. Natural waters -- 5. Plant-soil-water-ecosystem relationships -- 6. Groundwater -- 7. Lakes and wetlands -- 8. River channels and floodplains -- 9. Impounded rivers and reservoirs -- 10. Domestic and industrial water management -- 11. Decision processes -- 12. Integrative approaches.

Subject Term:

Water-supply -- Management.

Integrated water development.

Water-supply -- Government policy.

Added Author:

White, Gilbert F.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003046034.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2003046034.html

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Successful water management is crucial for the proper operation of natural environmental systems and for the support of human society. These two aspects are interdependent, but decisions about one are often made without regard to effects upon the other. A persistent challenge is to consider them together. This book fully analyzes the relationship between water management, environmental conditions and public policy. It combines a careful review of the character and evolution of water management and evaluates management from the standpoint of the quality of the natural environment. Topics covered include domestic and industrial water supply and waste disposal, groundwater use, river channel and floodplain management, and integrated river basins. The processes of social decision-making are examined against a backdrop of plant-soil-water-ecosystem relationships and ecosystem change. Examples are drawn from around the world, from local watershed management to international river basin planning, with emphasis on integrative approaches.