UID:
almahu_9948026073402882
Format:
1 online resource (301 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-70742-9
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9786610707423
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0-08-046602-8
Content:
The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) paradigm has been worldwide recognized as the only feasible way currently available to ensure a sustainable perspective in planning and managing water resource systems. It is the inspiring principle of the Water Framework Directive, adopted by the European Union in 2000, as well as the main reference for all the water related activity of UNESCO in the third world countries. However, very often, real world attempts of implementing IWRM fail for the lack of a systematic approach and the inadequacy of tools and techniques adopted to address the int
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Part I. Introduction; Chapter 1. A Participatory and Integrated Planning Procedure for Decision Making in Water Resource Systems; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Framing the decision-making problem; 1.3 The PIP procedure; 1.4 ICT Tools; 1.5 The decision-making process at the management level; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Part II. Modelling; Chapter 2. The Data-Based Mechanistic Approach in Hydrological Modelling; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Fundamentals of Data-Based Mechanistic modelling; 2.3 Case Study: the upper Ticino River basin
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2.4 ConclusionsBibliography; Chapter 3. Bayesian Networks as a Participatory Modelling Tool for Groundwater Protection; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Bayesian Networks; 3.3 The Havelse case study; 3.4 The Havelse BN model; 3.5 Use of the BN; 3.6 Discussion; 3.7 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Exploring Water Conservation Behaviour through Participatory Agent-Based Modelling; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Water conservation; 4.3 The models; 4.4 Discussion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Part III. Managing and MODSS
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Chapter 5. Decision Support Systems for Integrated Water Resources Management with an Application to the Nile Basin5.1 Integrated water resources management: science in support of public policy; 5.2 Decision support systems for IWRM; 5.3 Nile DSS; 5.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; Chapter 6. Water Reservoirs Management under Uncertainty by Approximating Networks and Learning from Data; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Overview of the proposed approaches; 6.3 ANDYM: approximation of the cost-to-go functions by approximating networks
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6.4 ERIM: minimization of the total expected cost by approximating networks6.5 Bounds on the generalization error in ANDYM and ERIM; 6.6 Efficient sampling in high dimension; 6.7 Numerical results; Bibliography; Chapter 7. Optimising Irrigation Management at the Plot Scale to Participate at the Regional Scale Water Resource Management; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 MODERATO: a bio-decisional simulation model at the irrigation block scale; 7.3 Optimising irrigation policies at irrigation block scale; 7.4 Linking Irrigation Strategies to Production Systems; 7.5 Regional scale; 7.6 Conclusions
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BibliographyChapter 8. Multi-Objective Optimization of Water Distribution System Design under Uncertain Demand and Pipe Roughness; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Problem definition; 8.3 Solution technique; 8.4 Case study; 8.5 Conclusions; Bibliography; Part IV. Planning and MODSS; Chapter 9. Sustainable Floodplain Management and Participatory Planning in the Red River Basin, Canada; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Methodology; 9.3 Red River Basin flood management; 9.4 Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 10. Negotiation Support System for Resolution of Disputes over International Water Resources
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10.1 Introduction
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-08-044967-0
Language:
English
