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Hydrological Forecasting - Design and Operation of Hydrological Forecasting Systems (Hardcover, 1986 ed.)
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Hydrological Forecasting - Design and Operation of Hydrological Forecasting Systems (Hardcover, 1986 ed.)
Series: Water Science and Technology Library, 5
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In the past two decades several activities in the field of water
resources management have been enhanced and intensified. This .
rise had at least two independent reasons. The first and main one
was the constantly increasing water demand for agriculture and
industry on one side and the concern about the deteriorating
environment on the other. While this last concern was lately
overshadowed by deterioration of national economies, the quantity
of available water resources has certainly not increased with the
growing scarcity of funds for its development and protection.
Furthermore, the standard of living, which raised across the world,
even in India and China, countries which concentrate more than a
third of the world population, has made people and their
governments more aware of natural disasters caused by weather.
Since a large percentage of losses in human life and material
damage from weather-related disasters are caused by water, either
by its excess or scarcity, the concern about water has been
increasingly associated with these disasters. The second reason for
intensified water resources management is man's spectacular
technological advance in electronics, computers and use of
satellites. The Koran says that two things cannot be predicted: the
sex of the child in its mother's womb and the quantity of water
that falls from the sky and flows in rivers. Technological progress
has disproved both of these caveats.
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