Overview
This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and highly accessible introduction to water resource management, covering topics such as: the ecology of surface waters international regulations and economics stakeholder participation in management tools and methods for decision making integrated modelling decision making and water policies stakeholder participation and social issues. Experts across a wide range of specialist fields including social sciences, informatics, ecology and hydrology are brought together in this truly multidisciplinary approach to water management. They provide the reader with integrated insights into water resource management practices that underpin the three pillars of sustainable development - environment, economics and society - through a series of international case studies and theoretical frameworks.
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Author: Carlo Giupponi , Anthony J. Jakeman , Derek Karssenberg , Matt P. Hare
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
ISBN: 9781845427450
ISBN 10: 1845427459
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 26 April 2006
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Contents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Integrated Management of Water Resources: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges Anthony J. Jakeman, Carlo Giupponi, Derek Karssenberg, Matt P. Hare, Anita Fassio and Rebecca A. Letcher Part II: New Challenges for Water Management 2. Policy Setting for Sustainable Water Management: GATS Rules and Water Management Systems Gérard Mondello 3. Water Policies and the Integrated Management of Surface Waters: An Ecological Approach Pier Francesco Ghetti and Carlo Giupponi Part III: Supporting Decision Making 4. Sustainable Water Management and Decision Making Carlo Giupponi, Anita Fassio, Jacobo Feás Vàzquez and Jaroslav Mysiak 5. Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Water Resources Management Jacobo Feás and Paolo Rosato 6. Software Support for Multi-Criteria Decision Making Marjan van Herwijnen and Ron Janssen Part IV: Participation 7. Participation for Sustainable Water Management Erik Mostert 8. Methods for Stakeholder Participation in Water Management Matt P. Hare, Olivier Barreteau, M. Bruce Beck, Rebecca A. Letcher, Erik Mostert, J. David Tàbara, Dagmar Ridder, Valerie Cogan and Claudia Pahl-Wostl Part V: Integrated Modelling for IWRM 9. Software Tools for Hydrological Modelling Derek Karssenberg, Karin Pfeffer and Marc Vissers 10. Integrated Modelling: Construction, Selection, Uncertainty Anthony J. Jakeman, John P. Norton, Rebecca A. Letcher and Holger Maier 11. Typology of Models and Methods of Integration Rebecca A. Letcher and John Bromley 12. Software and Software Systems: Platforms and Issues for IWRM Problems Andrea E. Rizzoli and Robert M. Argent Index
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Edited by Carlo Giupponi, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Director, Venice Centre for Climate Studies, University of Venice Ca’ Foscari, Italy, Anthony J. Jakeman, The Australian National University, Australia, Derek Karssenberg, Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Matt P. Hare, Seecon Deutschland GmbH, Germany
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