Download or read book An Interactive Graphical Approach to Determining Relevant Trade offs in Water Resources Development written by Amyn Kassim-Lakha and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multiple objective planning procedures in water resource development written by Gary Dean Lynne and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social and economic objectives of society in the United States are many and varied. All objectives, in turn, cannot be achieved simultaneously because of a finite resource base. The problem of finding an optimum, in some sense, level of achievement for the various objectives is complicated by lack of a common measure of value. As a result, trade-offs must be calculated and presented to a decision body for choice. The purpose of this study was to define and indicate the elements affecting the trade-off ratio. A guiding premise of the study was that any planning group, private or public, is involved in isolating a multiple product production function. Multiple output production theory provided the basis for development of a conceptual model useful in the calculation of trade-offs. Water resource production processes were described in the context of multiple output production theory. Several possible production relations among water products were outlined. It was argued that production relations descriptive of water resource development have to be understood to calculate trade-off ratios. Several empirical cases were examined to illustrate problems and procedures in the trade-off calculation process. The absolute level of investment was shown to be very important in the trade-off calculation process. Other recommended approaches for calculating trade-offs were compared with the recommended approach in this study. Most other approaches were found to be deficient in many respects. It was shown that net dollar benefits can be traded-off for increases in non-money valued products only if the investment levels for the various alternatives are the same and the money valued products are kept in equilibrium proportions. The theoretical concepts of joint products, joint costs, interdependence, independence, complementarity, and competitiveness were also defined concisely in the study. The Federal document used in planning water and related land resource development projects was evaluated in light of the results of the study. The approach to delineation of the number of plans should be modified. Alternative plans should reflect the same investment cost. Also, the notions of complementary and conflicting products should be defined more concisely. Underlying production relations need to be identified to facilitate plan formulation and trade-off calculations.
Download or read book Statistical Methods in Water Resources written by D.R. Helsel and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1993-03-03 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data on water quality and other environmental issues are being collected at an ever-increasing rate. In the past, however, the techniques used by scientists to interpret this data have not progressed as quickly. This is a book of modern statistical methods for analysis of practical problems in water quality and water resources.The last fifteen years have seen major advances in the fields of exploratory data analysis (EDA) and robust statistical methods. The 'real-life' characteristics of environmental data tend to drive analysis towards the use of these methods. These advances are presented in a practical and relevant format. Alternate methods are compared, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each as applied to environmental data. Techniques for trend analysis and dealing with water below the detection limit are topics covered, which are of great interest to consultants in water-quality and hydrology, scientists in state, provincial and federal water resources, and geological survey agencies.The practising water resources scientist will find the worked examples using actual field data from case studies of environmental problems, of real value. Exercises at the end of each chapter enable the mechanics of the methodological process to be fully understood, with data sets included on diskette for easy use. The result is a book that is both up-to-date and immediately relevant to ongoing work in the environmental and water sciences.
Download or read book Water Resources Research Catalog written by United States. Office of Water Research and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with vol. 9, only new and continuing but modified projects are listed. Vols. 8- should be kept as a record of continuing but unchanged projects.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Sixteenth Biennial Conference on Ground Water written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Mono Lake written by California Water Resources Center and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elements of Groundwater Management the Saturated Zone written by Bithin Datta and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Earth Resources written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Resource Systems Planning and Management written by Daniel P. Loucks and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. This revised, updated textbook presents a systems approach to the planning, management, and operation of water resources infrastructure in the environment. Previously published in 2005 by UNESCO and Deltares (Delft Hydraulics at the time), this new edition, written again with contributions from Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P. M. Dijkman, and Monique T. Villars, is aimed equally at students and professionals. It introduces readers to the concept of viewing issues involving water resources as a system of multiple interacting components and scales. It offers guidelines for initiating and carrying out water resource system planning and management projects. It introduces alternative optimization, simulation, and statistical methods useful for project identification, design, siting, operation and evaluation and for studying post-planning issues. The authors cover both basin-wide and urban water issues and present ways of identifying and evaluating alternatives for addressing multiple-purpose and multi-objective water quantity and quality management challenges. Reinforced with cases studies, exercises, and media supplements throughout, the text is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in water resource planning and management as well as for practicing planners and engineers in the field.
Download or read book Valuing Ground Water written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-07-10 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because water in the United State has not been traded in markets, there is no meaningful estimate of what it would cost if it were traded. But failing to establish ground water's valueâ€"for in situ uses such as sustaining wetlands as well as for extractive uses such as agricultureâ€"will lead to continued overuse and degradation of the nation's aquifers. In Valuing Ground Water an interdisciplinary committee integrates the latest economic, legal, and physical knowledge about ground water and methods for valuing this resource, making it comprehensible to decision-makers involved in Superfund cleanup efforts, local wellhead protection programs, water allocation, and other water-related management issues. Using the concept of total economic value, this volume provides a framework for calculating the economic value of ground water and evaluating tradeoffs between competing uses of it. Included are seven case studies where ground-water valuation has been or could be used in decisionmaking. The committee examines trends in ground-water management, factors that contribute to its value, and issues surrounding ground-water allocation and legal rights to its use. The book discusses economic valuation of natural resources and reviews several valuation methods. Presenting conclusions, recommendations, and research priorities, Valuing Ground Water will be of interest to those concerned about ground-water issues: policymakers, regulators, economists, attorneys, researchers, resource managers, and environmental advocates.
Download or read book Training Guidance for the Integrated Environmental Evaluation of Water Resources Development Projects written by Harry C. Torno and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transactions of the ASAE written by American Society of Agricultural Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Soil and water edition of Transactions of the ASAE contains all articles approved by the ASAE Soil and Water Division editor for publication in the general edition," and constitutes the Division's Transactions.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Virgin River Basin Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economics of Water written by Georg Meran and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access textbook provides a concise introduction to economic approaches and mathematical methods for the study of water allocation and distribution problems. Written in an accessible and straightforward style, it discusses and analyzes central issues in integrated water resource management, water tariffs, water markets, and transboundary water management. By illustrating the interplay between the hydrological cycle and the rules and institutions that govern today’s water allocation policies, the authors develop a modern perspective on water management. Moreover, the book presents an in-depth assessment of the political and ethical dimensions of water management and its institutional embeddedness, by discussing distribution issues and issues of the enforceability of human rights in managing water resources. Given its scope, the book will appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students of economics and engineering, as well as practitioners in the water sector, seeking a deeper understanding of economic approaches to the study of water management.
Download or read book A Bridge Between Control Science and Technology Biomedical applications water resources environment energy systems development social effects swiis education written by International Federation of Automatic Control. World Congress and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade off Considerations in Highway Geometric Design written by Paul B. W. Dorothy and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2011 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
