Water Resources Sustainability (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Mays, Larry W.

9780071462303: Water Resources Sustainability (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071462309 ISBN 13: 9780071462303

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2006

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Expert insights into one of the major issues of the 21st Century

Written by a team of leading experts, this resource provides the latest information and thinking on the globally-critical subject of water sustainability and management. The author includes methods for analyzing water resource needs, modeling, supply reliability, irrigation, and optimization.

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Gain a Full Understanding of One of the Most Critical Natural Resource Issues Facing Mankind in the 21st Century

Edited by Larry W. Mays, author of the most respected textbooks in water resources engineering and applied hydrology, Water Resources Sustainability provides readers with state-of-the-art thinking and the latest information on the globally critical subject of water sustainability. Featuring contributions from leading global experts in the field, Water Resources Sustainability offers a new look at a looming crisis that demands innovative thinking.

This thought-provoking reference examines:

Examples of ancient civilizations that collapsed in the American Southwest and Mesoamerica -- and how modern societies are continuing the same unsustainable water use practices
Water sustainability in the American Southwest, linking climate, water management, and growth
Water resource sustainability through the conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water
The impact of climate change on water sustainability
Water supply security issues following 9/11
Water sustainability issues around the world, including South Korea, the Middle East, Ghana, and Europe
Privatization, integrated regional development, ecological economics, uncertainties and risk

About the Author:

Larry W. Mays is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University where he was the chair of the department. He was formerly Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin where he also held an Engineering Foundation Endowed Professorship. A registered engineer in seven states and a professional hydrologist, he has served as a consultant to many organizations. Professor Mays is author of Water Resources Engineering (John Wily & Sons) and Optimal Control of Hydrosystems (Marcel Dekker), co-author of Applied Hydrology and Hydrosystems Engineering and Mangement (both from McGraw-Hill) and editor-in-chief of the Water Resources Handbook, Hydraulic Design Handbook, Water Distribution Systems Handbook, Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook, and the Urban Water Supply Handbook (all from McGraw-Hill). The Urban Water Supply Handbook received the 2002 Honorable Mention in Engineering Award given by the Association of American Publishers. He is also editor-in-chief of Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution Systems (ASCE) and co-editor of Computer Modeling of Free Surface and Pressurized Flow (Kluwer Academic Publishers). Among his honors is a distinguished alumnus award from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999.

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