Integrated and Participatory Water Resources Management - Practice, Volume 1b (Developments in Integ

出版者:Elsevier Science

作者:Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

页数:426

出版时间:2007-10-30

价格:USD 170.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780444530127

A participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources is presented and illustrated through its application to a real-world case study: the planning of a trans-boundary, multi-purpose, regulated lake. Methods and concepts from Hydrology, System Analysis, Optimal Control, Decision and Negotiation Theory are presented and framed in a comprehensive and coherent procedure for the efficient development of the decision-making process.Relevant theoretical and mathematical aspects are briefly presented for the non-expert reader, as well as all those practical details that are often omitted in texts, but that constitute the very essence of a project and make the difference between a successful project and a failure. The book provides practicing professionals, decision-makers and scientists with a complete, immediate example of application of the Integrated Water Resource Management paradigm. It describes the complete development of a real world application of IWRM. It discusses about the integration of technical modelling and control aspects with participatory and decision-making issues. The enclosed DVD with videos and a hypertext provides deep insights into the IWRM application, related problems and practical solutions.