Water resources : future perspectives, challenges, concepts and necessities / edited by Omid Borzog-Haddad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bozorg-Haddad, Omid, 1974- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Management.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

xviii, 335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK : IWA Publishing, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 New water resources technologies / Vijay P. Singh

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Definitions and Terminology

1.2.1. Cloud seeding

1.2.2. Fossil water

1.2.3. Desalination

1.2.4. Atmospheric water

1.2.5. Inter-basin water transfer

1.2.6. Water reuse

1.3. Basics and Significance of the Study

1.4. Methodology

1.4.1. Cloud seeding

1.4.2. Fossil water

1.4.3. Desalination

1.4.4. Atmospheric water

1.4.5. Inter-basin water transfer

1.4.6. Water reuse

1.5. Illustrative Examples

1.5.1. Cloud seeding

1.5.2. Fossil water

1.5.3. Desalination

1.5.4. Atmospheric water

1.5.5. Inter-basin water transfer

1.5.6. Water reuse

1.6. Summary

References

ch. 2 Inter-basin water transfer / David Quanrud

2.1. Introduction and Literature Review

2.2. Definitions

2.3. Basics and Logic

2.3.1. UNESCO criteria for inter-basin water transfer

2.4. Challenges Facing Inter-Basin Water Transport

2.5. Solution and Management of Problems Caused by Inter-Basin Water Transfer

2.5.1. Integrated water resources management of inter-basin water transfers

2.5.2. Comprehensive land use planning in inter-basin water transfers

2.5.3. A systematic approach to inter-basin water transfers

2.5.4. Achieving a balance

2.6. Case Studies

2.7. Summary

ch. 3 Nanotechnology application in water resource management / Mariam Darestani

3.1. Introduction

3.2. History of Nanotechnology Development

3.3. Nanotechnology's Place and Importance in Water Resource Science

3.4. Nanostructured Materials and Technologies Applied in Water Science

3.4.1. Water availability enhancement

3.4.2. Nano-adsorbents

3.4.3. Nano photocatalysts

3.4.4. Nano-membranes

3.5. Improvement of Water Delivery and Use

3.5.1. Improving efficiency

3.5.2. Monitoring water systems

3.6. Nanotechnology in Water Resource Management

3.6.1. Impact of nanotechnology on agricultural water demand

3.6.2. Impact of nanotechnology on industrial water demand

3.6.3. Impact of nanotechnology on urban water demand

3.6.4. Impact of nanotechnology on the environment and recreational water demand

3.7. Case Studies

3.7.1. Namibia

3.7.2. Singapore

3.7.3. Saudi Arabia

3.7.4. Case studies comparison

3.8. Summary

ch. 4 Stormwater management by low impact development practices / Amanda Cording

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Terms and Definitions

4.2.1. Best management practice (BMP)

4.2.2. Detention

4.2.3. First flush

4.2.4. Flood

4.2.5. Green infrastructure

4.2.6. Infiltration-based technologies

4.2.7. Low impact development

4.2.8. Maintenance operations

4.2.9. Rainwater harvesting

4.2.10. Retention based technologies

4.2.11. Retention

4.2.12. Stormwater management

4.2.13. Stormwater

4.2.14. Urban Heat Island

4.3. Fundamentals of Using LID Practices

4.4. The Advantages of LID Practices

4.5. Different Types of LID Practices

4.5.1. Porous/permeable pavements

4.5.2. Vegetated swales

4.5.3. Rain gardens

4.5.4. Bioretention cells

4.5.5. Infiltration trenches

4.5.6. Green roofs

4.5.7. Rainwater harvesting systems

4.6. Summary

ch. 5 Land use planning and overseas production / Hugo A. Loaiciga

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Definitions and Terms

5.2.1. Land use

5.2.2. The power of the environment

5.2.3. Ecological/natural resources

5.2.4. Land arrangement

5.2.5. Resource identification methods

5.2.6. Inventory

5.2.7. Land shape unit

5.2.8. Overseas cultivation

5.2.9. Agricultural ecology

5.3. Basics and Logic

5.4. Importance and Necessity

5.5. Materials and Methods

5.5.1. Expert systems

5.5.2. Mathematical models

5.5.3. Mathematical programming

5.6. Case Studies

5.6.1. LULCC assessment of the Halda watershed using remote sensing and GIS

5.6.2. Analysis of non-cultivated land use in Lithuania

5.7. Summary

ch. 6 Water and sustainable development / Brian Goharian

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Basics of Sustainability and Sustainable Development

6.2.1. The concept of sustainable development and its pillars

6.2.2. Sustainable development safeguarding future generations' rights

6.2.3. Sustainable development and its legal principles

6.3. Role of Sustainable Water Management (SWM) in Sustainable Development

6.3.1. Targets of the water goal (SDG6)

6.3.2. Challenges to sustainable water management

6.4. Objectives of Interdisciplinary Studies

6.4.1. Hydro-social objectives

6.4.2. Hydro-economic objectives

6.4.3. Hydro-environmental objectives

6.5. Methodology

6.5.1. Sustainability indicators

6.5.2. Reliability, resiliency and vulnerability

6.5.3. Sustainability index

6.6. Summary and Discussion

ch. 7 Comprehensive integrated water management / Vijay P. Singh

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Theoretical Definitions and Approaches to IWRM

7.3. Basics and Logic

7.3.1. The IWRM cycle

7.3.2. IWRM actors

7.3.3. Integration of water resources management

7.3.4. Dimensions of CWRM

7.3.5. Implementation of CWRM

7.3.6. Principles of CWRM

7.3.7. Stakeholder analysis

7.3.8. Obstacles to implementing IWRM

7.4. The Importance of IWRM

7.5. Examples

7.5.1. Shadegan Wetland

7.5.2. Kazakhstan

7.6. Summary

ch. 8 Virtual water / Erian Goharian

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Definitions and Terms

8.2.1. Virtual water

8.2.2. Virtual water trade

8.2.3. Water productivity

8.2.4. Virtual water flow

8.2.5. Virtual water import

8.2.6. Virtual water export

8.2.7. Virtual water level

8.2.8. Water neutral

8.3. Importance and Necessity

8.4. Basics and Logic

8.5. Materials and Methods

8.5.1. Virtual water calculation at a national scale

8.5.2. Agricultural virtual water

8.5.3. Livestock and animal virtual water

8.5.4. Virtual water in processed crops and livestock

8.5.5. Virtual water flow in agricultural product trade

8.5.6. Virtual water flow in industrial product trade

8.5.7. Virtual water balance of a country

8.5.8. Water scarcity, dependence on imported water and water self-sufficiency

8.6. Case Studies

8.6.1. The virtual water content of major grain crops and virtual water flows between regions in China

8.6.2. Embodied water for urban economy: A three-scale input-output analysis for Beijing

8.7. Summary

ch. 9 Water footprint / Erfan Goharian

9.1. Introduction

9.1.1. Water footprint (WF)

9.1.2. Combination of water footprint and virtual water trade

9.2. Definitions and Terms

9.2.1. Water footprint

9.2.2. Blue water

9.2.3. Green water

9.2.4. Gray water

9.2.5. Whitewater

9.2.6. Direct and indirect water footprint

9.2.7. Trade water footprint

9.3. Importance and Necessity

9.4. Basics and Logic

9.5. Materials and Methods

9.5.1. Blue water footprint

9.5.2. Green water footprint

9.5.3. Gray water footprint

9.5.4. Calculating the green, blue and gray water footprints of a crop or tree

9.5.5. Selection of business organizational boundaries

9.5.6. Water footprint trade

9.6. Case Studies

9.6.1. The water footprint of tourism in Spain

9.6.2. Regional footprints and interregional interactions of COD discharges in China

9.7. Summary

ch. 10 The water, food and energy nexus / Veera Gnaneswar Gude

10.1. Introduction

10.1.1. Improvement of existing frameworks and tools

10.1.2. The water, food and energy nexus at common water boundaries

10.1.3. The water, food and energy nexus at urban scale

10.1.4. The water, food, energy and environment nexus

10.1.5. Other effective factors in the nexus

10.1.6. Results extracted from review articles

10.1.7. Existing challenges

10.1.8. Summary

10.2. Definitions

10.2.1. Sustainable development

10.2.2. Millennium development goals (MDGs) and sustainable development goals (SDGs)

10.2.3. Water security

10.2.4. Food security

10.2.5. Energy security

10.3. Basics and Logic

10.3.1. The water and energy nexus

10.3.2. The food and energy nexus

10.3.3. The food and water nexus

10.3.4. The water, food, and energy nexus

10.4. Using the Nexus Approach to Ensure Water, Food and Energy Security

10.5. Relationships

10.5.1. Water and energy consumption indices

10.5.2. Productivity indices of water and energy volumes

10.5.3. Economic productivity indices of water and energy

10.5.4. The water, food, and energy nexus index (WFENI)

10.5.5. The total consumption of water and energy

10.6. Nexus Case Studies

10.6.1. Lake Winnipeg in Canada, Yellow River in China, and Indian basins

10.6.2. Greater London

10.6.3. Climate change pressures in the Middle East and north Africa

10.7. Summary

ch. 11 Water security / Ronny Berndtsson

11.1. Introduction

11.1.1. State of the art in water security studies

11.2. Definitions and Terms

11.2.1. Security

11.2.2. Water security

11.2.3. Water scarcity

11.2.4. Water stress

Contents note continued: 11.2.5. Water risk

11.2.6. Water crisis

11.2.7. Terrorism

11.2.8. Bioterrorism

11.3. Basics and Logic

11.3.1. The effect of climate change on water security

11.3.2. Effects of climate change on freshwater resources

11.3.3. Adaptation to climate change in the water sector

11.3.4. Water-food-energy nexus challenge

11.3.5. Water for food security

11.3.6. Water for energy security

11.3.7. Demand management for water security

11.3.8. Urban water security

11.3.9. Transboundary water resources management

11.3.10. Water security assessment indicators

11.4. Importance and Necessity of Water Security

11.4.1. Integrated water resources management

11.4.2. Achieving water security to maintain sustainable development

11.5. Methodology

11.5.1. Water security from different points of view

11.5.2. Water security and dams

11.5.3. Water security in water supply networks

11.6. Examples

11.6.1. Water security in Central Asia and the Amu Darya

11.6.2. The effects of climate change on water conservation and security in Uganda

11.6.3. Achieving water security in Egypt through desalination

11.7. Summary

ch. 12 Food security from a water perspective / Vijay P. Singh

12.1. Introduction

12.2. Water Security or Food Security

12.2.1. State of food security in the world

12.3. Definitions and Idioms

12.3.1. What is food security?

12.3.2. Key elements of food security

12.3.3. Factors affecting the food security of a community

12.3.4. Food security threats

12.4. Basics and Logic

12.4.1. Investigation of agricultural water resources

12.4.2. The role of water in food security

12.4.3. Harvesting water resources for food security

12.5. The Need for Food Security

12.6. Major Challenges in Global Food Security

12.7. Methods

12.7.1. Water resources and consumption adaptation indicator

12.7.2. Relations and calculations

12.8. Examples

12.8.1. The state of water and food resources in China

12.8.2. The state of water and food resources in Latin America and the Caribbean

12.8.3. Food and water safety considerations on a global scale

12.9. Summary

ch. 13 Passive defense in water resources / Daniele Bocchiola

13.1. Introduction

13.2. Definitions and Concepts

13.2.1. Passive defense

13.2.2. Sensitive centers

13.2.3. Terrorism

13.3. Basics and Logic

13.4. The Importance of Passive Defense for Water Resources

13.5. Conflicts, Terrorist and Military Attacks on Water Facilities

13.6. Water and Water Systems Vulnerability

13.6.1. Infrastructure attacks

13.6.2. Cyber attacks

13.6.3. Biological and chemical attacks

13.6.4. Attacks on and threats to dams in peacetime

13.7. Security and Protection Measures to Counter Threats

13.7.1. Early warning systems (EWS)

13.7.2. Public and governmental responses

13.8. Summary

ch. 14 Forensic engineering / Vijay P. Singh

14.1. Introduction

14.2. Forensic Hydrology Literature Review

14.2.1. Floods

14.2.2. Groundwater level decline

14.2.3. Drying up of lakes

14.3. Definitions and Terms

14.3.1. Failure events

14.3.2. Exposure

14.3.3. Vulnerability

14.3.4. Failure risk

14.3.5. Cascading and compound events

14.3.6. Resilience

14.3.7. Reverse engineering

14.3.8. Main and root causes

14.3.9. Failure analysis and root analysis

14.3.10. Investigation pyramid

14.3.11. Event reconstruction

14.3.12. Statement interview

14.3.13. Freeze interview

14.4. Basics and Logic

14.5. Importance and Necessity of the Subject

14.5.1. Drought

14.5.2. Floods

14.5.3. Cascading failures

14.6. Forensic Engineering Goals

14.7. Methodology

14.7.1. Collecting quantitative and qualitative historical data about the occurrence of events

14.7.2. Interviews with eyewitnesses

14.7.3. Assessing conditions, exposure and vulnerability by analyzing historical data

14.7.4. Using engineering knowledge to present different scenarios, to link different facts, data and evidence

14.7.5. Evaluating and proposing solutions to manage or prevent recurrence of failure

14.8. Forensic Engineering Approaches

14.8.1. The copula approach

14.8.2. The complex network approach

14.8.3. The dynamic adaptive policy pathways approach

14.9. Example of Forensic Engineering Methodology for Evaluating Flood Event

14.10. Summary

ch. 15 Citizen science / Vijay P. Singh

15.1. Introduction

15.2. Literature Review

15.2.1. Water resources management

15.2.2. Water quality

15.2.3. Evaluation of citizen science

15.3. Definitions and Terms

15.3.1. Citizen science

15.3.2. Citizen scientists

15.3.3. Validation

15.4. Fundamentals and Logic of Citizen Science

15.5. Methods and Flowchart

15.6. Examples

15.6.1. Example 1: measuring surface water temperatures in Sweden

15.6.2. Example 2: monitoring water quality in the USA

15.7. Summary

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1789062136

OCLC:

1225067240

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99988026013