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020			_a9780511841026 (ebook)
020			_z9780521362115 (hardback)
020			_z9780521369800 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aTD345 _b.W46 2003
082	0	0	_a333.91 _221
100	1		_aWescoat, James L., _d1952- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWater for life : _bwater management and environmental policy / _cJames L. Wescoat, Jr., Gilbert F. White.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2003.
300			_a1 online resource (xix, 322 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aSuccessful water management is crucial for the proper operation of natural environmental systems and for the support of human society. These two aspects are interdependent, but decisions about one are often made without regard to effects upon the other. A persistent challenge is to consider them together. This book fully analyzes the relationship between water management, environmental conditions and public policy. It combines a careful review of the character and evolution of water management and evaluates management from the standpoint of the quality of the natural environment. Topics covered include domestic and industrial water supply and waste disposal, groundwater use, river channel and floodplain management, and integrated river basins. The processes of social decision-making are examined against a backdrop of plant-soil-water-ecosystem relationships and ecosystem change. Examples are drawn from around the world, from local watershed management to international river basin planning, with emphasis on integrative approaches.
650		0	_aWater-supply _xManagement.
650		0	_aIntegrated water development.
650		0	_aWater-supply _xGovernment policy.
700	1		_aWhite, Gilbert F., _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521362115
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511841026
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