Water for the Environment From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management

Avril Horne , Angus Webb , Michael Stewardson , Brian Richter , Mike Acreman 지음

elsevier 2017년 08월 28일 출간

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책소개

Water for the Environment: From Policy and Science to Implementation and Management provides a holistic view of environmental water management, offering clear links across disciplines that allow water managers to face mounting challenges. The book highlights current challenges and potential solutions, helping define the future direction for environmental water management. In addition, it includes a significant review of current literature and state of knowledge, providing a one-stop resource for environmental water managers. Presents a multidisciplinary approach that allows water managers to make connections across related disciplines, such as hydrology, ecology, law, and economicsLinks science to practice for environmental flow researchers and those that implement and manage environmental water on a daily basisIncludes case studies to demonstrate key points and address implementation issues

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Section I: Introduction 1. Introduction Section II: History and context of environmental flows 2. Drivers and social context 3. Understanding hydrological alteration 4. Ecological effects of hydrologic alteration 5. Geomorphological change Section III: Vision and objectives for the river system 6. Impacts of Hydrological Alterations on Water Quality 7. Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Flows Management 8. Environmental flows and natural capital ?? free-flowing ecosystem services 9. Environmental water management??s cultural challenge 10. Environmental flow objectives and targets Section IV: How much water is needed? Tools for environmental water development 11. Evolution of flow principles and methodologies 12. Tools for sediment 13. Physical habitat modelling and ecohydrological tools 14. Ecological response modelling 15. Determining and addressing uncertainty Section V: Environmental water within Water Resource Planning 16. Water Budgets to Inform Sustainable Resource Management 17. Mechanisms to allocate environmental water 18. Rebalancing the system - Acquiring water and trade 19. Environmental Water Organizations and Institutional Settings 20. Management options informed by hydrological drivers 21. Managing Infrastructure to Maintain Natural Functions in Developed Rivers 22. Environmental water and integrated catchment management Section VI: Active management of environmental water 23. Planning the use of environmental water 24. Operational issues 25. Monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management of environmental flows 26. Performance Management: A Multi-criteria Policy Toolkit Section VII: Remaining challenges and way forward 27. Where to from here

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저자(글) Avril Horne

저자(글) Angus Webb

저자(글) Michael Stewardson

저자(글) Brian Richter

저자(글) Mike Acreman