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This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and highly
accessible introduction to water resource management, covering
topics such as: the ecology of surface waters international
regulations and economics stakeholder participation in management
tools and methods for decision making integrated modelling decision
making and water policies stakeholder participation and social
issues. Experts across a wide range of specialist fields including
social sciences, informatics, ecology and hydrology are brought
together in this truly multidisciplinary approach to water
management. They provide the reader with integrated insights into
water resource management practices that underpin the three pillars
of sustainable development - environment, economics and society -
through a series of international case studies and theoretical
frameworks.
The aim of this book is to document for the first time the
dimensions and requirements of effective integrated groundwater
management (IGM). Groundwater management is a formidable challenge,
one that remains one of humanity's foremost priorities. It has
become a largely non-renewable resource that is overexploited in
many parts of the world. In the 21st century, the issue moves from
how to simply obtain the water we need to how we manage it
sustainably for future generations, future economies, and future
ecosystems. The focus then becomes one of understanding the drivers
and current state of the groundwater resource, and restoring
equilibrium to at-risk aquifers. Many interrelated dimensions,
however, come to bear when trying to manage groundwater
effectively. An integrated approach to groundwater necessarily
involves many factors beyond the aquifer itself, such as surface
water, water use, water quality, and ecohydrology. Moreover, the
science by itself can only define the fundamental bounds of what is
possible; effective IGM must also engage the wider community of
stakeholders to develop and support policy and other socioeconomic
tools needed to realize effective IGM. In order to demonstrate IGM,
this book covers theory and principles, embracing: 1) an overview
of the dimensions and requirements of groundwater management from
an international perspective; 2) the scale of groundwater issues
internationally and its links with other sectors, principally
energy and climate change; 3) groundwater governance with regard to
principles, instruments and institutions available for IGM; 4)
biophysical constraints and the capacity and role of
hydroecological and hydrogeological science including water quality
concerns; and 5) necessary tools including models, data
infrastructures, decision support systems and the management of
uncertainty. Examples of effective, and failed, IGM are given.
Throughout, the importance of the socioeconomic context that
connects all effective IGM is emphasized. Taken as a whole, this
work relates the many facets of effective IGM, from the catchment
to global perspective.
The aim of this book is to document for the first time the
dimensions and requirements of effective integrated groundwater
management (IGM). Groundwater management is a formidable challenge,
one that remains one of humanity's foremost priorities. It has
become a largely non-renewable resource that is overexploited in
many parts of the world. In the 21st century, the issue moves from
how to simply obtain the water we need to how we manage it
sustainably for future generations, future economies, and future
ecosystems. The focus then becomes one of understanding the drivers
and current state of the groundwater resource, and restoring
equilibrium to at-risk aquifers. Many interrelated dimensions,
however, come to bear when trying to manage groundwater
effectively. An integrated approach to groundwater necessarily
involves many factors beyond the aquifer itself, such as surface
water, water use, water quality, and ecohydrology. Moreover, the
science by itself can only define the fundamental bounds of what is
possible; effective IGM must also engage the wider community of
stakeholders to develop and support policy and other socioeconomic
tools needed to realize effective IGM. In order to demonstrate IGM,
this book covers theory and principles, embracing: 1) an overview
of the dimensions and requirements of groundwater management from
an international perspective; 2) the scale of groundwater issues
internationally and its links with other sectors, principally
energy and climate change; 3) groundwater governance with regard to
principles, instruments and institutions available for IGM; 4)
biophysical constraints and the capacity and role of
hydroecological and hydrogeological science including water quality
concerns; and 5) necessary tools including models, data
infrastructures, decision support systems and the management of
uncertainty. Examples of effective, and failed, IGM are given.
Throughout, the importance of the socioeconomic context that
connects all effective IGM is emphasized. Taken as a whole, this
work relates the many facets of effective IGM, from the catchment
to global perspective.
The complex and multidisciplinary nature of environmental problems
requires that they are dealt with in an integrated manner. Modeling
and software have become key instruments used to promote
sustainability and improve environmental decision processes,
especially through systematic integration of various knowledge and
data and their ability to foster learning and help make
predictions. This book presents the current state-of-the-art in
environmental modeling and software and identifies the future
challenges in the field.
* State-of-the-art in environmental modeling and software theory
and practice for integrated assessment and management serves as a
starting point for researchers
* Identifies the areas of research and practice required for
advancing the requisite knowledge base and tools, and their wider
usage
* Best practices of environmental modeling enables the reader to
select appropriate software and gives the reader tools to integrate
natural system dynamics with human dimensions
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