Water Resource Systems Planning and Management : An Introduction to Methods, Models, and Applications

This revised, updated textbook presents a systems approach to the planning, management, and operation of water resources infrastructure in the environment.  Previously published in 2005 by UNESCO and Deltares (Delft Hydraulics at the time), this new edition, written again with contributions from Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P. M. Dijkman, and Monique T. Villars, is aimed equally at students and professionals.  It introduces readers to the concept of viewing issues involving water resources as a system of multiple interacting components and scales. It offers guidelines for initiating and carrying out water resource system planning and management projects. 

Daniel P. Loucks is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University and an internationally renowned expert about the development and application of economics, ecology and systems analysis methods to the solution of environmental and regional water resources problems. A visiting scholar at Harvard, MIT, UT Austin, and the technical University of Delft, he is most recently working with the Technical University of Vienna. Eelco van Beek is a Water resources specialist at the Department of Sustainable Use of Water and Soil at Deltares, the Netherlands. Dr. van Beek is an expert in modelling in water resources management and river basin development; his recent academic appoints include the University of Twente, Netherlands, and the Technical University of Delft.