Author: Beatrice Hort HolmesPublisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
History of Federal Water Resources Programs and Policies, 1961-1970
Author: Beatrice Hort HolmesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
History of Federal Water Resources Programs and Policies, 1961-70
Author: Beatrice Hort HolmesPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
History of Federal Water Resources Programs and Policies, 1961-1970
Author: Beatrice Hort HolmesPublisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Water Policy for Sustainable Development
Author: Dave FeldmanPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421403080
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The shortage of fresh water is likely to be one of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century. A UNESCO report predicts that as many as 7 billion people will face shortages of drinking water by 2050. Here, David Lewis Feldman examines river-basin management cases around the world to show how fresh water can be managed to sustain economic development while protecting the environment. He argues that policy makers can employ adaptive management to avoid making decisions that could harm the environment, to recognize and correct mistakes, and to monitor environmental and socioeconomic changes caused by previous policies. To demonstrate how adaptive management can work, Feldman applies it to the Delaware, Susquehanna, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint, Sacramento–San Joaquin, and Columbia river basins. He assesses the impacts of runoff pollution and climate change, the environmental-justice aspects of water management, and the prospects for sustainable fresh water management. Case studies of the Murray-Darling basin in Australia, the Rhine and Danube in Europe, the Zambezi in Africa, and the Rio de la Plata in South America reveal the impediments to, and opportunities for, adaptive management on a global scale. Feldman's comprehensive investigation and practical analysis bring new insight into the global and political challenges of preserving and managing one of the planet's most important resources.
Planning Manual
Author: Charles E. YoePublisher:
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Category : Planning
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Scarce Water and Institutional Change
Author: Kenneth D. FrederickPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134003102
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The authors assess alternative approaches to meeting long-term water needs and resolving conflicts among competing water users in five areas: the Columbia River Basin; Kern County, California; south California; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and northeastern Colorado. This book argues that America's water supply problems are caused largely by bad habits and poor policies-especially policies that price water far under its true value. Originally published in 1986
Water Law
Author: William GoldfarbPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000157512
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This revised second edition is essential to everyone involved with water and water resources-complying with the myriad federal, state, and local laws and regulations that govern the use and management of water in our attempts to maintain, clean, usable water. It includes the law of water diversion and distribution; water resources development and protection; water treatment and land use; ocean dumping; oil and hazardous substances cleanup; riparian and non-riparian systems; Eastern permit systems; beneficial use; water codes; prior appropriation; surface and ground water; channel modifications; municipal water supply; irrigation; California Water Management Districts; Bureau of Reclamation; Corps of Engineers; Water Resources Development Act of 1986; SCS, TVA, BPA, NEA, CERCLA, CWA, SDWA, RCRA, and their substantial changes in the last four years; water resources planning and research; public use; ownership of beds and banks; wild and scenic rivers; river corridor and instream flow protection; flood insurance, Section 404 and Section 208; the Supreme Court and water conservation; heat dischargers; quality-based effluent limitations; state ground water programs; pretreatment; funding; enforcement; citizen suits; and many more vital topics.
The Protection of Ground and Surface Waters, January 1982-August 1987
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Category : AGRICOLA (Information retrieval system)
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
The Welfare Economics of Alternative Renewable Resource Strategies
Author: Robert N. StavinsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351621181
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This study, originally published in 1990, seeks to address several important policy questions associated with the ongoing depletion of forested wetlands. First, in the context of Environmental Impact Statements, should the estimated areas of impact of Federal flood-control and drainage projects on wetlands be limited to (minimal) construction impacts, or should they include impacts which occur when such projects cause private landowners to drain and clear their wetland holdings? A second crucial question is whether wetland depletion and conversion to agricultural cropland has been excessive. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Economics and Policy.
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