This collection addresses the complexities of water management and the impact of environmental developments such as dams, reservoirs and irrigation schemes on public health. The main focus of the book is on vector-borne diseases such as malaria, arboviruses (dengue and encephalitides) and snail- borne schistosomiasis. These are examined from a wide range of intersectoral perspectives which encompass disciplines with often conflicting interests, for instance agriculture, aquaculture, urban development, social development, water management and recreation. The book explains developmental processes, such as the construction of man-made lakes, and addresses broad practical and policy-making issues. Most importantly, the book offers many innovative solutions to assist readers who work in the water industry, whether through administration or science and engineering disciplines. Contributions from an international team of experts provide numerous case studies from around the world (Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, USA), which illustrate both poor and successful water management. The contributors provide historical and current coverage of the environmental and health issues prevalent in the field, but also gaze prospectively on the future development of constructed wetlands, aquaculture, urban development and funding agency policies, with the view to managing water resources more effectively and safely. This authoritative and comprehensive book is written in an accessible, non-technical manner and will be of interest to those involved in various aspects of water management and delivery, whether biologically skilled or not.

Brian Kay has spent his entire working life in a career that is both successful and rewarding. His fascinating collection of memories and anecdotes throws a hugely entertaining light on a life entirely devoted to the joy of music and music-making. He was the founder bass of the internationally renowned vocal group The King's Singers, spent the next 25 years writing and presenting thousands of programmes for BBC Radios - his own Brian Kay's Sunday Morning on Radio 3 to such Radio 2 favourites as Friday Night is Music Night and Melodies for You. He then moved back to the open spaces of the concert hall, conducting choral and orchestral concerts all over the world, including his annual 4000-voice Really Big Chorus Messiah from Scratch in London's Royal Albert Hall. He has been the lowest frog on a Paul McCartney single and a member of the backing group for Pink Floyd. Brian Kay recounts his fascinating life in intimate and amusing detail, sharing with us his great love of life and his abiding passion for music.

Contents:
Foreword: Reservoirs, environmental processes, management and policy. Intersectoral approaches for resolving policy conflicts in water resourses development. Water resources development - FAO policy perspectives in relation to food security, health and environment. National framework for environmental and health impact assessment in Australia. Health opportunity assessment in water resouce development. Health opportunities in water resources development: a cource for intersectoral collaboration. Environmental indicators of healthy water resources. Microbial pitfalls of water resources development. Ord River Irrigation area: The effect of dam construction and irrigation on the incidence of Murray valley encephalitis virus. Safe management of the Ross River Dam, Northern Australia, in relation to recreation and health. Artificial wetlands and mosquito control in Australia. Habitat management as the focus of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Program to control mosquitos in freshwater inpounds and wetlands. Public Health and recreational issues in water resource development projects. Aquaculture, anophelines and environmental solutions for Indonesia. Socio-economic and health impacts of water resource developments in Thailand. Index.