Reprint

Feature Papers of Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance

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August 2022
160 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4945-3 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4946-0 (PDF)

This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Feature Papers of Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance that was published in

Biology & Life Sciences
Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

Water resource management includes the consideration of all disciplines of hydrology and water sources. Water supplies are allocated and diverted to cover the water needs of a range of agricultural, municipal, industrial, hydro-electrical, and ecological water uses. These water uses are, usually, very competitive, as the available water resources are limited and it is not possible to cover the total water needs in a basin, requiring the setting of water use priorities to best serve societal and ecological needs. To manage the water resources and waterworks may, sometimes, lead to confrontational deliberations and negotiations. As a result, water resource management is one of the world’s greatest challenges due to competition for limited resources, regional disparities in water supply and affluence, mounting global water demand, aquifer depletion, and pollution- and climate-change-induced water stress. Proper policy and governance for sustainable water resource management is essential and require new fresh ideas, innovation, and international cooperation. This book includes seven papers by invited renowned researchers and engineers to cover issues of water resource management, governance, and policy. These issues include the following topics: Integrated water resource management; Water resource systems and water availability; National and international water policy, institutional arrangements, and water law; Water conflict resolution, public participation, and decision making; Water resource management, policy and governance in socially and environmentally sensitive areas and regions.

Format
  • Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
water allocation; planning; river/reservoir systems; water availability modeling; global change; integrated assessment modelling; system dynamics simulation; water resources management; water supply; climate change; earth system; feedback; conflicts; environmental flows; small-scale hydropower projects; institutional change; nestedness; governance mode; legal pluralism; mulberry-dyke-fish pond ecosystem; spatial evolution analysis; remote sensing; Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area; prolonged drought; scarcity; indicators; transboundary river basins; Iberian Peninsula; climate crisis; water adaptation; Greece; Koronia lake; sustainability; Mygdonia Basin; n/a

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