Water for Life : Water Management and Environmental Policy

Gilbert F. White

ISBN 10: 0521362113 / ISBN 13: 9780521362115

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Successful water management is crucial for the proper operation of natural environmental systems and for the support of human society. These two aspects are interdependent, but decisions about one are often made without regard to effects upon the other. A persistent challenge is to consider them together. This book fully analyzes the relationship between water management, environmental conditions and public policy. It combines a careful review of the character and evolution of water management and evaluates management from the standpoint of the quality of the natural environment. Topics covered include domestic and industrial water supply and waste disposal, groundwater use, river channel and floodplain management, and integrated river basins. The processes of social decision-making are examined against a backdrop of plant-soil-water-ecosystem relationships and ecosystem change. Examples are drawn from around the world, from local watershed management to international river basin planning, with emphasis on integrative approaches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Water for Life : Water Management and Environmental Policy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521362113
• ISBN 13: 9780521362115
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 25D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 710 grams

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Synopsis

To fully analyze the relationship between water management, environmental conditions and public policy, this book reviews the development of water management and evaluates it from the perspective of the quality of the natural environment. Examples are drawn from around the world, and range from local watershed management to international river basin planning, with emphasis placed on integrative approaches. Successful water management is crucial for the proper operation of natural environmental systems and for the support of human society.

About the Authors

James L. Westcoat is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois.

Gilbert F. White is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder.