Authors: Robert A. Sauder.
Hardcover, 296 pages
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Publication Date: 2009-08-15

Authors: Anand Prakash.
Hardcover, 348 pages
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication Date: 2004-01-06


Reviews :

    Water Resource Engineering: Handbook of Essential Methods of Analysis and Design presents practical methods to solve problems commonly encountered by practicing water resources engineers in day-to-day work in the fields of hydrology, hydraulics, groundwater, hydraulic designs, hydropower, environmental impact evaluation, and remedial investigations. Numerous illustrative examples are provided based on the author's extensive experience in academia and consulting practice throughout the world. Dr. Prakash transforms well-known theoretical equations into easy-to-use solutions, rather than complex theoretical explanations. The concise manner in which this handbook is presented makes it useful for any consulting water resources engineer.

Water Resources and Environmental History

078440738X

Water Resources and Environmental History is a collection of historical articles that cover the existence and function of early water projects and origins of some of today's greatest water systems. Water and sedimentation topics extend back to the Greek and Roman Eras, the ancestral Puebloans who lived in southwestern Colorado 1,200 years ago, and the Incas who constructed Machu Picchu. The unique diversity of topics covered include: construction of the Suez Canal, a photo essay of the Strawberry Valley Project, history of the Bureau of Reclamation's dam design, historical perspectives on existing hydrologic and hydraulic programs, hydraulic laboratories, and engineering libraries. Practicing engineers, students, historians, and anyone interested in the origins of some of today's greatest water systems will benefit from reading this book....

Authors: Robert W. Adler. Jessica C. Landman. Diane M. Cameron.
Paperback, 333 pages
Publisher: Island Press
Publication Date: 1993-08-01
Edition: 1

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This volume explores the issues associated with the complex subject of water quality protection in an assessment of the successes and failures of the Clean Water Act over the past twenty years. In addition to examining traditional indicators of water quality, the authors consider how health concerns of the public have been addressed, and present a detailed examination of the ecological health of our waters. Taken together, these measures present a far more complete and balanced picture than raw water quality data alone.

As well as reviewing past effectiveness, the book includes specific recommendations for the reauthorization of the Act, which is to be considered by Congress in 1995. This balanced and insightful account will surely shape the debate among legislative and policy experts and citizen activists at all levels who are concerned with issues of water quality....

Authors: James R. Karr. Ellen W Chu.
Paperback, 220 pages
Publisher: Island Press
Publication Date: 1998-11-01
Edition: 1

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Resource management in the United States is undergoing a fundamental change. Traditional sustained-yield approaches that focus on commodity-production and human resource use are steadily giving way to ecological approaches, often referred to as ecosystem management, that have long-term ecological sustainability as their primary goal. To achieve that goal, ecosystem management emphasizes socially defined goals and objectives, integrated and holistic science, collaborative decision making, and adaptable institutions. Political considerations are an essential component of ecosystem management, yet its socio-political context has been largely ignored by those studying and writing on the subject.

The Politics of Ecosystem Management is the first book to focus entirely on the political challenges facing ecosystem management as it moves from theory to practice.

The authors examine:

• the history of natural resource management in the United States
• the theory behind ecosystem management
• potential inconsistencies and contradictions in the themes of ecosystem management
• political philosophies that undergird traditional resource management
• alternative political principles inherent in ecosystem management
• opportunities and barriers for achieving collaborative ecosystem management

The Politics of Ecosystem Management considers the sweeping and profound changes that will be required of the American governance system-its political philosophy, institutions, notions of citizenship, and politics, as well its resource management practices-if the shift to ecosystem management is to be realized. It is a lucid and accessible volume that represents a vital contribution to the literature for students, researchers, and professionals involved with any aspect of developing and implementing ecosystem-based approaches to resource management....

Authors: Salman M. A. Salman. Daniel D. Bradlow.
Paperback, 216 pages
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Publication Date: 2006-05-08
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    This title examines how regulatory frameworks have addressed the various basic issues related to water resources management, and provides a comparative analysis of those issues. It elicits and discusses what it considers are the essential elements for a regulatory framework for water resources management, and identifies some emerging trends....

Authors: Edward A. Fernald. Donald J. Patton.
Hardcover, 291 pages
Publisher: Florida St Univ
Publication Date: 1984-12

Authors: Mike Bedford.
Paperback, 120 pages
Publisher: Esri Press
Publication Date: 2004-04-01


Reviews :

    Through 12 case studies, this book examines various ways that innovative water resource managers are using spatial analysis and electronic mapping to provide increased functionality and reliability to the complex systems they oversee. Water management personnel learn how GIS helps keep track of maintenance needs of the hundreds of miles of historic canals in the United Kingdom, how GIS is providing the technological underpinning for early-warning avalanche systems in Switzerland, and how GIS is used to keep track of the complex system of dikes, pumps, and drainage pools that help Holland maintain its existence as the land reclaimed from the sea. Also discussed is how GIS provides an important tool for European unity, as countries who are seeking acceptance to the European economic union must use the technology to bring their water infrastructures into conformance with EU standards....

Authors: Carole Rubin.
Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: Harbour
Publication Date: 2002-02-01
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    On any list of the world's most pressing problems, water scarcity and water quality inevitably rank high. These issues and their related concerns often emerge in the major topics of the day, including Walkerton, free trade and globalization debates and drought. Despite all the pessimism surrounding the future of the world's drinking water, many predicaments can be remedied with simple conservation methods. Home-based water conservation starts with How to Get Your Lawn Off Grass, the only North America-wide guide on how to convert your yard from a water-sucking source of pollution runoff to a flourishing, productive showcase of natural vegetation. While 1.3 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe drinking water, 60% of ours goes into conventional turf-grass lawns and ornamental, exotic gardens. Runoff from chemical treatment of lawns and gardens has seriously compromised groundwater supplies everywhere in the United States and Canada. We have put garden cosmetics ahead of our health. How to Get Your Lawn Off Grass teaches how to conserve water and prevent the pollution of groundwater. It covers how to cut, roll up and compost turf-grass lawn (and water-sucking, ornamental "exotic" garden plants) and how to replace them with gorgeous native ground covers: flowers, shrubs, trees and grasses that will need no fertilizers, no chemical controls for pests, no mowing and, after the first year, no watering. This is a vital publication for all North Americans who are concerned about water scarcity and water quality....

Authors:
Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Publication Date: 1999-11-12
Edition: illustrated edition

Reviews :

    "Birds seem to understand something we have never understood about the freedom of movement...birds know no borders," declares one of the authors in this rich and varied collection of bird-inspired tales. They soar, they fly, they glide -- even our language for birds evokes travel of the most impassioned and graceful kind. For one with even a touch of wanderlust, birds in the wild embody the dream of pure, unadulterated freedom. And, sometimes subtlety, sometimes with a flourish, birds impart the nature of place -- its variety, its colors, its wildness, even its destruction.

Whether it roots us in our own backyard or moves us across continents, birding also calls us to stillness, demands our keen attention to the details that flicker around us, so that we not miss a thing. For bird watchers, bird hunters, and just plain haters of bird poop, a story of avian wonder awaits....

    When a bird stops to glance sideways at us, it is inviting us into its world, if only for a moment. A bird's song can transport us into distant realms of the imagination; the sight of birds in flight can reconnect us to childhood, and to what matters in life.

Bird enthusiasts Larry Habegger and Amy Carlson have assembled an extended celebration of the restorative and mysterious powers of our winged fellow travelers, enlisting well-known and emerging writers alike. Among the standouts of their anthology is Sigurd Olson's homage to the loons of the wilderness lake country of northern Minnesota; Diane Ackerman's lyrical memoir of a sojourn among the endangered short-tailed albatrosses of East Asia, whose flight "is the wind's way of thinking about itself"; David James Duncan's provocative essay "Bird-Watching as a Blood Sport," which addresses the unfortunate power humans have over the animal world; Jake Page's excursion into the byways of the minds of humans and redbirds; and, best of all, Peter Matthiessen's journey to Siberia in search of the sandhill crane, "the oldest and largest of the earth's flying creatures."

Birdwatching enthusiasts and students of nature writing alike will find much of value in this lively, well-chosen collection. --Gregory McNamee ...

Authors: Maggie Black. Rupert Talbot.
Hardcover, 282 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 2005-02-03
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    At a time when India faces serious problems of freshwater scarcity, groundwater depletion and environmental pollution, there is much to be learned from the lessons of past and present. This book examines critically what has been done and what more needs to be done to fulfill the promise of drinking water and sanitation for all . The central thread of the story is Unicef s 35-year program of support to rural water supplies in India one of the largest, longest, and most ground-breaking in the organization s history. Having helped to bring water and sanitation within reach of millions of India s villagers, questions now arise about whether these achievements are in jeopardy. As water tables drop and contamination mounts, how is village India going to cope? The book focuses on the Unicef experience but ranges wider, exploring community-led, NGO, and government approaches alike. From the Rajasthani farmer facing a fifth successive year of drought, to the sanitation mistri in West Bengal, to the Mysore school children chanting safe water messages, this is an account which brings to life India s perennial problems with water and health, asking how and whether they can be solved. This is an important book for those working in the water supplies sector, in government and NGOs engineering students and academics involved in water water activists environmental and public health specialists those involved in aid and development work, especially in its international dimensions those interested in the story of social development in India over time....