Water Resources: Planning, Development and Management
by Ralph Wurbs
Publisher: InTech 2013
ISBN-13: 9789535110927
Number of pages: 182
Description:
This book is a collection of innovative up-to-date perspectives on key aspects of water resources planning, development, and management of importance to both professional practitioners and researchers. Authors with outstanding expertise address a broad range of topics that include planning strategies, water quality modeling and monitoring, erosion prediction, freshwater inflows to estuaries, coastal reservoirs, irrigation management, aquifer recharge, and water allocation.
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