Digest of Water Resources Policies and Activities
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Water quality management
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Water quality management
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Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Page : 244 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Water resources development
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"This pamphlet provides a summary, in convenient form, of the existing administrative and legislative water resource policies pertinent to the civil works activities of the Corps of Engineers."--Transmittal letter.
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Water resources development
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Water resources development
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Author : United States. Water Resources Policy Commission
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Page : 810 pages
File Size : 22,52 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Water resources development
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Author : United States. Congress. House Public Works
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Page : 146 pages
File Size : 36,85 MB
Release : 1959
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Author : United States. National Water Commission
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Page : 204 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Government publications
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Author : United States. Water Resources Policy Commission
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Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,22 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 25,92 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Water resources development
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Author : Dave Feldman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 17,98 MB
Release : 2007-08-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1421403080
The shortage of fresh water is likely to be one of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century. A UNESCO report predicts that as many as 7 billion people will face shortages of drinking water by 2050. Here, David Lewis Feldman examines river-basin management cases around the world to show how fresh water can be managed to sustain economic development while protecting the environment. He argues that policy makers can employ adaptive management to avoid making decisions that could harm the environment, to recognize and correct mistakes, and to monitor environmental and socioeconomic changes caused by previous policies. To demonstrate how adaptive management can work, Feldman applies it to the Delaware, Susquehanna, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint, Sacramento–San Joaquin, and Columbia river basins. He assesses the impacts of runoff pollution and climate change, the environmental-justice aspects of water management, and the prospects for sustainable fresh water management. Case studies of the Murray-Darling basin in Australia, the Rhine and Danube in Europe, the Zambezi in Africa, and the Rio de la Plata in South America reveal the impediments to, and opportunities for, adaptive management on a global scale. Feldman's comprehensive investigation and practical analysis bring new insight into the global and political challenges of preserving and managing one of the planet's most important resources.