Keywords:
Water pollution.
;
Environmental management.
;
Hydrology.
;
Physical geography.
;
Public health.
;
Engineering geology.
;
Engineering—Geology.
;
Foundations.
;
Hydraulics.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction and Guide to the Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples -- Water a unique phenomenon and resource -- Water and its Management: Dependence, Linkages and Challenges -- A drop in the ocean: on writing histories of water resource management -- Water Ethics -- Water law and rights -- Water discourses -- The water security discourse and its main actors -- Water governance and policies -- Economics of water security -- Drivers, pressures and stressors: the societal framework of water resources management -- Water resources management: integrated and adaptive decision making -- Observation, monitoring and data management -- Assessment of water quantity -- Assessment of land/catchment use and degradation -- Freshwaters: global distribution, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and human pressures -- Water, energy and food relations in Gulf Cooperation Council -- Examples of water resources management options -- Examples of water and land use management -- Water and energy -- Water management and stewardship in mining regions -- Water-related hazard and risk management -- Groundwater and conjunctive use management -- Storage Reservoir Operation and Management -- Complexity in water management and governance.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(XXX, 810 p. 323 illus., 269 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2021.
ISBN:
9783030601478
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8
Language:
English
Permalink
