Sustainability Criteria for Water Resource Systems
Sustainability Criteria for Water Resource Systems
John S. Gladwell, Hydro Tech International, Vancouver
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USDWater resources professionals have an obligation to conceive and manage water resource systems such that they will fully contribute to an improved quality of life for all humans, now and into the future. Those water resource systems that will be able to satisfy the changing demands that will inevitably be placed on them, without significant system degradation, can be called 'sustainable'. An international group of experts have reviewed various guidelines for achieving greater degrees of sustainability and the extent to which they have been applied in a number of case studies. Approaches for measuring and modelling sustainability are provided. Ways in which these measures and models might be used when evaluating alternative designs and operating policies are illustrated. The monograph will be particularly valuable for practising engineers and planners, and as a supplementary text for graduate students in civil and environmental engineering, hydrology, geography and economics.
- Published in the well-respected International Hydrology Series, which is run in collaboration with a major UNESCO organization
- No other volume exists on the same topic
- Contributors are world experts in their field
- Contains excellent case studies
Reviews & endorsements
Review of the hardback: '… whether your interest is in water resources or in other aspects of environmental management, this book is worth acquiring and studying.' J. N. R. Jeffers, International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
Review of the hardback: '… a useful introduction to the concept of sustainable development in the water resource context.' Zbignieu W. Kundzewicz, Hydrological Sciences Journal
Review of the hardback: '… an important contribution to the debate surrounding sustainable development and the planning and management of water resources.' P. Wouters, Resources Policy
Product details
October 2008Paperback
9780521089173
156 pages
280 × 210 × 8 mm
0.37kg
25 b/w illus. 5 tables
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Sustainability issues and challenges
- 3. Defining sustainability
- 4. Measuring sustainability
- 5. Sustainability guidelines and case studies
- 6. Economic sustainability criteria
- 7. Ecological and environmental sustainability criteria and approaches
- 8. International and social aspects of sustainability
- 9. Sustainability and modeling technology
- 10. Sustainability, hydrologic risk and uncertainty
- 11. Equity, education and technology transfer
- 12. Conclusions
- References
- Index.
