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By
Sharad Jain, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India
V.P. Singh, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Developments in Water Science, 51
Description
This book is divided into four parts. The first part, Preliminaries, begins by introducing the basic theme of the book. It provides an
overview of the current status of water resources utilization, the likely scenario of future demands, and advantages and disadvantages
of systems techniques. An understanding of how the hydrological data are measured and processed is important before undertaking any analysis.
The discussion is extended to emerging techniques, such as Remote Sensing, GIS, Artificial Neural Networks, and Expert Systems. The statistical
tools for data analysis including commonly used probability distributions, parameter estimation, regression and correlation, frequency
analysis, and time-series analysis are discussed in a separate chapter.
Part 2 Decision Making, is a bouquet of techniques organized
in 4 chapters. After discussing optimization and simulation, the techniques of economic analysis are covered. Recently, environmental
and social aspects, and rehabilitation and resettlement of project-affected people have come to occupy a central stage in water resources
management and any good book is incomplete unless these topics are adequately covered. The concept of rational decision making along
with risk, reliability, and uncertainty aspects form subject matter of a chapter. With these analytical tools, the practitioner is well
equipped to take a rational decision for water resources utilization.
Part 3 deals with Water Resources Planning and Development.
This part discusses the concepts of planning, the planning process, integrated planning, public involvement, and reservoir sizing.
The last part focuses on Systems Operation and Management. After a resource is developed, it is essential to manage it in the best possible
way. Many dams around the world are losing some storage capacity every year due to sedimentation and therefore, the assessment and management
of reservoir sedimentation is described in details. No analysis of water resources systems is complete without consideration of water
quality. A river basin is the natural unit in which water occurs. The final chapter discusses various issues related to holistic management
of a river basin.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments.
Part I. Preliminaries.
1. Introduction to water resources systems. 2. Acquisition and processing
of water resources data. 3. Emerging techniques for data acquisition and systems modeling. 4. Statistical techniques for data analysis.
Part II. Decision Making.
5. Systems analysis techniques. 6. Economic considerations. 7. Environmental and social considerations.
8. Rational decision making.
Part III. Water Resources Planning and Development.
9. Water resources planning. 10. Reservoir
sizing.
Part IV. Systems Operation and Management.
11. Reservoir operation. 12. Reservoir sedimentation. 13. Water quality
modeling. 14. River basin planning and management. Appendix A. Appendix B. Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 882 pages, publication date: SEP-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51429-5
ISBN-10: 0-444-51429-5
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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