Water for Life: Water Management and Environmental Policy (Cambridge Studies in Environmental Policy) - Softcover

Westcoat Jr., James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521369800 ISBN 13: 9780521369800

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Successful water management is crucial for the proper operation of natural environmental systems and for the support of human society. These two aspects are interdependent, but decisions about one are often made without regard to effects upon the other. A persistent challenge is to consider them together. This book fully analyzes the relationship between water management, environmental conditions and public policy. It combines a careful review of the character and evolution of water management and evaluates management from the standpoint of the quality of the natural environment. Topics covered include domestic and industrial water supply and waste disposal, groundwater use, river channel and floodplain management, and integrated river basins. The processes of social decision-making are examined against a backdrop of plant-soil-water-ecosystem relationships and ecosystem change. Examples are drawn from around the world, from local watershed management to international river basin planning, with emphasis on integrative approaches.

About this title

About the Authors

James L. Westcoat is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois.

Gilbert F. White is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521369800
• ISBN 13: 9780521369800
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322