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Adventures in managing water : real-world engineering experiences /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Loucks, Daniel P. (Editor), Saito, Laurel (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Reston, Virginia : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2019]
Subjects:
Watershed management > Case studies.
Water-supply > Case studies.
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion > Études de cas.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Études de cas.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
Water-supply.
Watershed management.
Water pollution
Water resources
Lakes
High-rise buildings
Basins
Resource management
Ecological restoration
Rivers and streams
Lake Baikal
Russia
Europe
Great Lakes
North America
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Water Planning in Egypt: Reusing the Nile / Leon Hermans
  • The Vision Kid / Leif Lillehammer
  • Wuthering Heights--Tales from the Kingdom in the Sky / Leif Lillehammer
  • Digging a Well in Africa / Hugo A. Loáiciga
  • Water for Food in North Africa / Pete Loucks
  • Water from the Desert in Libya / Pete Loucks
  • A Water Management Story from South Africa / Ronnie Mckenzie
  • The Ultimate Water Manager / H.P. Nachtnebel
  • From Working on the Railroad to Hydrologic Modeling--A Life of Lessons / Geoff Pegram
  • Navigating in the Estuaries of Mozambique / Hubert Savenije
  • A água sabe o caminho (The Water Knows the Way) / Hubert Savenije
  • Developing an Acceptance of Systems Methods for Water Resources Planning and Management in South Africa / Oskar Sigvaldason and Thinus Basson
  • Regulation of Lake Baikal / Mikhail Bolgov, Alexander Buber, and Alexander Lotov
  • Attempting Integrated Water Management in Bhutan / Leon Hermans
  • Political Challenges of a Water Expert in Iran / Pete Loucks and Laurel Saito, editors
  • Khong, the Mother of Water / Leif Lillehammer
  • Enjoying Caviar in the USSR / Pete Loucks
  • Growing Qat in Yemen / Pete Loucks
  • Peace Talks on Water in the Middle East / Jerome Delli Priscoli
  • Combating Water Scarcity in Jordan / David E. Rosenberg
  • Building Collaborative Networks / Laurel Saito
  • Working with Farmers of the Sihu Basin, Hubei, China / Slobodan P. Simonovic
  • Restoring the Marshes of Mesopotamia (Part 1) / Eugene Z. Stakhiv
  • Restoring the Marshes of Mesopotamia (Part 2) / Eugene Z. Stakhiv
  • Building Bridges with Water / Emily Barbour
  • Developing Drainage During Droughts / Graeme Dandy
  • "Optimizing" a Piped Irrigation System / Graeme Dandy
  • Years of Experience versus Computer Models / Thomas Ackermann
  • Technical and Cultural Exchanges in Ukraine / Lily Baldwin
  • Long-Term Water Resources Planning--Almost 50 Years Later / Janusz Kindler
  • Working Behind the Curtain / Pete Loucks
  • Changing a Culture in Portugal / Pete Loucks
  • Insiders, Outsiders, Funds, and Perseverance: Ingredients for Transboundary Water Management / H.P. Nachtnebel
  • A Conversation During an Athenian Drought / David Purkey
  • Floods Can Damage Careers in Communist Countries /Andreas H. Schumann
  • How Water Probing Changed My Life Forever /Andreas H. Schumann
  • One Talk Leads to a Regional Program / Uri Shamir
  • Trying to Keep Lake Balaton Blue / László Somlyódy and Pete Shanahan
  • Water Crises Are for Everyone / Benedito (Ben) Braga
  • A Lock and Dam Story: Part 1. Background / Ben Dysart
  • A Lock and Dam Story: Part 2. My Involvement / Ben Dysart
  • A Lock and Dam Story: Part 3. Lessons on How Government Works / Ben Dysart
  • Lessons I Learned from Western Movies and TV Shows / David T. Ford
  • Inventing GIS / Walter M. Grayman and Richard M. Males
  • Rescuing a Beautiful River / Neil Grigg
  • How a Civil Engineer Learned to Work with People / Stacy M. Langsdale
  • Managing Our Nation's Water Resources When It Rains a Lot: An Example / Deborah H. Lee
  • Into the Realm of the Patagonian Andes / Leif Lillehammer
  • Managing Lake Water Levels / Pete Loucks
  • Restoring the Everglades / Pete Loucks
  • Mistaken Objectives / Pete Loucks
  • The Challenges and Rewards of a Career Managing Water / Lindell Ormsbee
  • Following My Interests and Instincts / Laurel Saito
  • Starting It Simple / Uri Shamir
  • Red River "Flood of the Century" through Human Eyes / Slobodan P. Simonovic
  • A Computer Program Named Randy Raban / Slobodan P. Simonovic
  • As Is Often Said, "Rome Was Not Built in a Day" / Jery Stedinger
  • Cleaning Up Pollution and. . .Wait, What, Where? / Cristiane Queiroz Surbeck
  • Engineering Your Own Education / Desiree Tullos
  • Effective Communication / Desiree Tullos
  • The Dublin Principles on Water and the Environment / Jerome Delli Priscoli
  • The World Water Council (WWC) and World Water Forums (WWF) / Jerome Delli Priscoli
  • Changing the Terms of Discourse in World Water Debates / Jerome Delli Priscoli
  • Developing a World Bank Water Sector Strategy / Jerome Delli Priscoli.