Water Resources Perspectives: Evaluation, Management and Policy

✍ Scribed by Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan and Warren W. Wood (Eds.)

Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 405
Series: Developments in Water Science 50
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Many countries in the world have made great efforts, to remedy the water shortage, by providing financial and technical backing, for water desalination, treatment of wastewater and improved management and conservation techniques. Water ministries, universities and research centres have supported scientific research, and applied the most recent technologies, in search of new and alternative water supplies. Laws have been promulgated, economic and public relation campaigns developed, to promote and encourage the practice of efficient water use and the conservation of this scarce commodity. This book covers water resources and management and provides a new vision of water resources management, water conservation and legislations, water law, and modern techniques of water resources investigation.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Preface
Page v
A.S. Alsharhan, W.W. Wood

Acknowledgement
Page vi

Managing and allocating water resources: Adopting the integrated water resource management approach
Pages 1-8
Stephen J. Toope, Ken Rainwater, Tony Allan

Integrated water resources management is more a political than a technical challenge Original Research Article
Pages 9-23
John Anthony Allan

Scenarios as a tool in water management: Considerations of scale and application Original Research Article
Pages 25-43
Cindy Warwick, Karen B. Bakker, Thomas E. Downing, Kate Lonsdale

Water sustainability: Science or science fiction? Perspective from one scientist Original Research Article
Pages 45-51
Warren W. Wood

Improving irrigation efficiency through technology adoption: When will it Conserve water? Original Research Article
Pages 53-62
Norman Whittlesey

Lessons learnt from the impact of the neglected role of groundwater in Spain's water policy Original Research Article
Pages 63-81
Ramón Llamas

Hydrologic sciences and water resources management issues in a changing world Original Research Article
Pages 83-92
Soroosh Sorooshian, Bisher Imam, Shayesteh Mahani, Thomas Pagano, Martha Whitaker

The Nile basin regime: A role for law? Original Research Article
Pages 93-117
Jutta Brunnée, Stephen J. Toope

Biosphere reserves on North-Western Egyptian coast, a site for monitoring biodiversity and integrated water management Original Research Article
Pages 119-128
Boshra Salem

Contribution of UNESCO-international hydrological programme to water resources management in the Arabian Gulf countries Original Research Article
Pages 129-139
Abdin Salih

Salinity management for the landscapes and rivers: The Murray-Darling Basin in Australia Original Research Article
Pages 141-154
Robert J. Newman

Alternative water policies for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries Original Research Article
Pages 155-167
Waleed K. Al-Zubari

Reallocation of water and the hydrological effects of climate change: The upper Rio Grande Basin, Southwestern USA Original Research Article
Pages 169-181
Michael E. Campana, Louis Scuderi, O. Paul Matthews, David S. Brookshire, Kate Krause, Janie Chermak, Bradley Cullen, Seth Snell, Kirk Gregory

Water management in the Arabian Gulf region and a partial solution to water shortages Original Research Article
Pages 183-189
Alan E.M. Nairn

Impact of political, scientific and non-technical issues on regional groundwater modeling: Case study from Texas, USA Original Research Article
Pages 191-198
Ken Rainwater, Jeff Stovall, Scott Frailey, Lloyd Urban

Sustainable development and management of water resources in the Arab region Original Research Article
Pages 199-220
Jean Khouri

Water management strategies in the Arabian Gulf countries Original Research Article
Pages 221-224
Mohamed Al-Senafy, Khaled Al-Fahad, Khaled Hadi

The environmental impact of groundwater exploitation in African grasslands: Examples and a case study from the Kalahari region Original Research Article
Pages 225-235
David S.G. Thomas

From vision to action: Towards a national policy for integrated water management in Sudan Original Research Article
Pages 237-244
Osman Mirghani Mohamed Ali

Water resources in the United Arab Emirates Original Research Article
Pages 245-264
Zein S. Rizk, Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan

Renewable and non-renewable groundwater in semi-arid and arid regions Original Research Article
Pages 265-280
W. Mike Edmunds

Groundwater recharge estimates in arid areas using channel morphology and a simulation model Original Research Article
Pages 281-286
Waite R. Osterkamp, Leonard J. Lane

Enhanced salinisation Original Research Article
Pages 287-293
Andrew S. Goudie

Timing of recharge, and the origin, evolution and distribution of solutes in a hyperarid aquifer system Original Research Article
Pages 295-312
Warren W. Wood, Zein S. Rizk, Abdulrahman S. Alsharhan

Fully-integrated modelling of surface and subsurface water flow and solute transport: Model overview and application Original Research Article
Pages 313-318
Edward A. Sudicky, Joel E. Vanderkwaak, Jon P. Jones, Jon P. Keizer, Robert G. Mclaren, George B. Matanga

From drainage to recharge to discharge: Some timelags in subsurface hydrology Original Research Article
Pages 319-326
Peter G. Cook, Ian D. Jolly, Glen R. Walker, Neville I. Robinson

Environmental tracers applied to quantifying causes of salinity in arid-region rivers: Results from the Rio Grande Basin, Southwestern USA Original Research Article
Pages 327-334
Fred M. Phillips, Suzanne Mills, M.H. Hendrickx, James Hogan

Climate outlooks for water management adaptation to climate change in the middle east Original Research Article
Pages 335-348
Richard Washington, Matthew Swann

Lenses, plumes and wedges in the Sultanate of Oman: A challenge for groundwater management Original Research Article
Pages 349-370
Philip G. Macumber

Later quaternary paleorecharge events in the Arabian Peninsula Original Research Article
Pages 371-378
Stephen Stokes, Helen Bray, Andrew S. Goudie, Warren W. Wood

Dating of holocene ground-water recharge in western part of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates): Constraints on global climate-change models Original Research Article
Pages 379-385
Warren W. Wood, Jeffrey L. Imes

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