Author: Alfred Allan SchmidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Federal Decisionmaking for Water Resource Development
Author: Alfred Allan SchmidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Evolution of Water Resource Planning and Decision Making
Author: Clifford S. RussellPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1848449364
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. While the historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, the book concentrates on the past 60 years and features a discussion of the difficulty that has generally been encountered in bringing the disciplines of economics and ecology into collaboration in the water resource context. The book explores the evolution of water related analytical capabilities and institutions and provides illustrations from case studies, concluding with recommendations for research, institutional change and action. Though designed to be a background textbook for interdisciplinary graduate seminars in water resources planning and management, it is accessible to interested lay readers and those who have policymaking or implementation responsibility but lack a technical background. The book will appeal to students and faculty in water policy, economics, and engineering, and in interdisciplinary programs organized around water resource problems and questions. Policy makers and general readers will also appreciate this non-technical introduction.
Decision-making in Water Resource Allocation
Author: Carl BrownPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decision-making
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Institutional Arrangements for Water Resource Development
Author: Vincent OstromPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
New Directions in Water Resources Planning for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309060974
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has long been one of the federal government's key agencies in planning the uses of the nation's waterways and water resources. Though responsible for a range of water-related programs, the Corps's two traditional programs have been flood damage reduction and navigation enhancement. The water resource needs of the nation, however, have for decades been shifting away from engineered control of watersheds toward restoration of ecosystem services and natural hydrologic variability. In response to these shifting needs, legislation was enacted in 1990 which initiated the Corps's involvement in ecological restoration, which is now on par with the Corps's traditional flood damage reduction and navigation roles. This book provides an analysis of the Corps's efforts in ecological restoration, and provides broader recommendations on how the corps might streamline their planning process. It also assesses the impacts of federal legislation on the Corps planning and projects, and provides recommendations on how relevant federal policies might be altered in order to improve Corps planning. Another important shift affecting the Corps has been federal cost-sharing arrangements (enacted in 1986), mandating greater financial participation in Corps water projects by local co-sponsors. The book describes how this has affected the Corps-sponsor relationship, and comments upon how each group must adjust to new planning and political realities.
Use of Models for Water Resources Management, Planning, and Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Decision-making Constraints in the Policy Development and Administration of Water Resources in West Virginia
Author: David G. WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Coordinating Water Resources in the Federal System
Author: William Andrew BlomquistPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Institutional Arrangements for Water Resources Development
Author: Vincent OstromPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Confronting the Nation's Water Problems
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030916589X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users-as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases-Confronting the Nation's Water Problems concludes that an additional $70 million in federal funding should go annually to water research. Funding should go specifically to the areas of water demand and use, water supply augmentation, and other institutional research topics. The book notes that overall federal funding for water research has been stagnant in real terms for the past 30 years and that the portion dedicated to research on water use and social science topics has declined considerably.