[BOOK][B] Water resources planning and management
RQ Grafton, K Hussey - 2011 - books.google.com
Water is an increasingly critical issue at the forefront of global policy change, management
and planning. There are growing concerns about water as a renewable resource, its
availability for a wide range of users, aquatic ecosystem health, and global issues relating to
climate change, water security, water trading and water ethics. This handbook provides the
most comprehensive reference ever published on water resource issues. It brings together
multiple disciplines to understand and help resolve problems of water quality and scarcity …
and planning. There are growing concerns about water as a renewable resource, its
availability for a wide range of users, aquatic ecosystem health, and global issues relating to
climate change, water security, water trading and water ethics. This handbook provides the
most comprehensive reference ever published on water resource issues. It brings together
multiple disciplines to understand and help resolve problems of water quality and scarcity …
[BOOK][B] Water resources
SC Anisfeld - 2011 - books.google.com
In this concise introduction to water resources, Shimon Anisfeld explores the fundamental
interactions between humans and water, including drinking, sanitation, irrigation, and power
production. The book familiarizes students with the current water crisis and with approaches
for managing this essential resource more effectively in a time of rapid environmental and
social change. Anisfeld addresses both human and ecological problems, including scarcity,
pollution, disease, flooding, conflicts over water, and degradation of aquatic ecosystems. In …
interactions between humans and water, including drinking, sanitation, irrigation, and power
production. The book familiarizes students with the current water crisis and with approaches
for managing this essential resource more effectively in a time of rapid environmental and
social change. Anisfeld addresses both human and ecological problems, including scarcity,
pollution, disease, flooding, conflicts over water, and degradation of aquatic ecosystems. In …
Water resources: Implications of changes in temperature and precipitation
RR Raymondi, JE Cuhaciyan, P Glick… - Climate Change in the …, 2013 - Springer
Climate projections indicate that the Northwest (NW) will experience temperature increases
in both cool and warm seasons and a reduction in summer precipitation with increases in fall
and winter precipitation (Mote and Salathé 2010; see Chapter 2). Also, there has been an
observed trend of increasing variability in cool season precipitation in the western United
States since about 1973 (Hamlet and Lettenmaier 2007). Altered temperature and
precipitation regimes affect snowpack (Hamlet et al. 2005), the inter-seasonal distribution of …
in both cool and warm seasons and a reduction in summer precipitation with increases in fall
and winter precipitation (Mote and Salathé 2010; see Chapter 2). Also, there has been an
observed trend of increasing variability in cool season precipitation in the western United
States since about 1973 (Hamlet and Lettenmaier 2007). Altered temperature and
precipitation regimes affect snowpack (Hamlet et al. 2005), the inter-seasonal distribution of …