Current Issues of Water Management
There is an estimated 1.4 billion km3 of water in the world but only approximately three percent (39 million km3) of it is available as fresh water. Moreover, most of this fresh water is found as ice in the arctic regions, deep groundwater or atmospheric water. Since water is the source of life and...
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| description | There is an estimated 1.4 billion km3 of water in the world but only approximately three percent (39 million km3) of it is available as fresh water. Moreover, most of this fresh water is found as ice in the arctic regions, deep groundwater or atmospheric water. Since water is the source of life and essential for all life on the planet, the use of this resource is a highly important issue. "Water management" is the general term used to describe all the activities that manage the optimum use of the world's water resources. However, only a few percent of the fresh water available can be subjected to water management. It is still an enormous amount, but what's unique about water is that unlike other resources, it is irreplaceable. This book provides a general overview of various topics within water management from all over the world. The topics range from politics, current models for water resource management of rivers and reservoirs to issues related to agriculture. Water quality problems, the development of water demand and water pricing are also addressed. The collection of contributions from outstanding scientists and experts provides detailed information about different topics and gives a general overview of the current issues in water management. The book covers a wide range of current issues, reflecting on current problems and demonstrating the complexity of water management. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-653422024-04-09T11:41:53Z Current Issues of Water Management Uhlig, Uli Hydrology & the hydrosphere thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere There is an estimated 1.4 billion km3 of water in the world but only approximately three percent (39 million km3) of it is available as fresh water. Moreover, most of this fresh water is found as ice in the arctic regions, deep groundwater or atmospheric water. Since water is the source of life and essential for all life on the planet, the use of this resource is a highly important issue. "Water management" is the general term used to describe all the activities that manage the optimum use of the world's water resources. However, only a few percent of the fresh water available can be subjected to water management. It is still an enormous amount, but what's unique about water is that unlike other resources, it is irreplaceable. This book provides a general overview of various topics within water management from all over the world. The topics range from politics, current models for water resource management of rivers and reservoirs to issues related to agriculture. Water quality problems, the development of water demand and water pricing are also addressed. The collection of contributions from outstanding scientists and experts provides detailed information about different topics and gives a general overview of the current issues in water management. The book covers a wide range of current issues, reflecting on current problems and demonstrating the complexity of water management. 2021-04-20T15:14:56Z 2021-04-20T15:14:56Z 2011 book ONIX_20210420_9789533074139_699 9789533074139 9789535160823 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/65342 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/2042/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/2452 10.5772/2452 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9789533074139 9789535160823 IntechOpen 354 open access |
| spellingShingle | Hydrology & the hydrosphere thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere Current Issues of Water Management |
| title | Current Issues of Water Management |
| title_full | Current Issues of Water Management |
| title_fullStr | Current Issues of Water Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current Issues of Water Management |
| title_short | Current Issues of Water Management |
| title_sort | current issues of water management |
| topic | Hydrology & the hydrosphere thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere |
| topic_facet | Hydrology & the hydrosphere thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere |
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