Integrated and Participatory Water Resources Management: Practice

✍ Scribed by R. Soncini-Sessa (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 427
• Series: Developments in Integrated Environmental Assessment 1, Part B
• Edition: Har/Dvdr
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources is presented and illustrated through its application to a real-world case study: the planning of a trans-boundary, multi-purpose, regulated lake. Methods and concepts from Hydrology, System Analysis, Optimal Control, Decision and Negotiation Theory are presented and framed in a comprehensive and coherent procedure for the efficient development of the decision-making process. Relevant theoretical and mathematical aspects are briefly presented for the non-expert reader, as well as all those practical details that are often omitted in texts, but that constitute the very essence of a project and make the difference between a successful project and a failure. The book provides practicing professionals, decision-makers and scientists with a complete, immediate example of application of the Integrated Water Resource Management paradigm. ?· Complete development of a real world application of IWRM?· Integration of technical modelling and control aspects with participatory and decision-making issues?· Enclosed DVD with videos and a hypertext with deep insights into the IWRM application, related problems and practical solutions

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Volume Editors
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Contents
Pages v-x

Introduction
Pages xi-xx
Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 1 Making decisions: a difficult problem Review Article
Pages 1-30
Andrea Castelletti, Andrea Nardini, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 2 Reconnaissance: territory, Stakeholders and regulation Review Article
Pages 33-52
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Alessandro Passoni, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 3 The options for interventions Review Article
Pages 53-68
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Alessandro Passoni, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 4 Criteria and indicators Review Article
Pages 69-104
Andrea Castelletti, Francesca Cellina, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 5 Defining actions and formulating the Design Problem Review Article
Pages 105-138
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 6 Identifying the Model Review Article
Pages 139-179
Emanuele Betti, Andrea Castelletti, Francesca Cellina, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa, Enrico Weber

Chapter 7 The Control Problem Review Article
Pages 181-211
Emanuele Betti, Andrea Castelletti, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa, Enrico Weber

Chapter 8 Estimating Effects Review Article
Pages 213-228
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa, Enrico Weber

Chapter 9 Evaluation Review Article
Pages 229-241
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 10 Comparison Review Article
Pages 243-255
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 11 Designing Alternatives and Evaluation Review Article
Pages 259-283
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa, Enrico Weber

Chapter 12 Comparison: the first negotiation step Review Article
Pages 285-299
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 13 Comparison: the second negotiation step Review Article
Pages 301-313
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 14 Mitigation measures Review Article
Pages 315-344
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa, Enrico Weber

Chapter 15 Summary of the Project Review Article
Pages 347-377
Francesca Cellina, Francesca Pianosi, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 16 The Final Decision Review Article
Pages 379-386
Emanuele Betti, Francesca Cellina, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Chapter 17 Implementation Review Article
Pages 387-391
Francesca Cellina, Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

References Review Article
Pages 393-399
Rodolfo Soncini-Sessa

Index
Pages 401-405