Expert insights into one of the major issues of the 21st Century
Written by a team of leading experts, this resource provides the latest information and thinking on the globally-critical subject of water sustainability and management. The author includes methods for analyzing water resource needs, modeling, supply reliability, irrigation, and optimization.
This thought-provoking reference examines :
• Examples of ancient civilizations that collapsed in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica -- and how modern societies are continuing the same unsustainable water use practices
• Water sustainability in the American Southwest, linking climate, water management, and growth
• Water resource sustainability through the conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water
• The impact of climate change on water sustainability
• Water supply security issues following 9/11
• Water sustainability issues around the world, including South Korea, the Middle East, Ghana, and Europe
• Privatization, integrated regional development, ecological economics, uncertainties and risk
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction: Water Sustainability
Chapter 2 : Water Sustainability: Parallels of Past Civilizations and The Present
Chapter 3 : Water Resources Sustainability: An Ecological-Economics Perspective
Chapter 4 : Managing for Sustainability in Arizona, USA: Linking Climate, Water Management and Growth
Chapter 5 : Optimization Modeling for Sustainable Groundwater and Conjunctive Use Policy Development
Chapter 6 : Multiobjective Analysis for Sustainability - Conjunctive Use Planning of Groundwater and Surface Water
Chapter 7 : Uncertainties and Risks in Water Resources Projects
Chapter 8 : Climate Change Effects and Water Management Options
Chapter 9 : Water Sustainability: The Potential Impact of Climate Change
Chapter 10 : Water Supply Security: an Introduction
Chapter 11 : Water Resources Sustainability Issues in South Korea
Chapter 12 : Water-Based Sustainable Integrated Regional Development
Chapter 13 : Community Management of Rural Water Systems in Ghana: Postconstruction Support and Water and Sanitation Committees in Brong Ahafo and Volta Regions
Chapter 14 : Is Privatization of Water Utilities Sustainable? Lessons from the European Experience
Index
