The evolution of water resource planning and decision making
By: edited by Clifford S. Russell and Duane D. Baumann
Contributors: Institute for Water Resources (U.S.)
Series: IWR Maass-White series; IWR Maass-White series
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cheltenham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781848440470; 9781848447158
Subjects: Projektplanung; Nachhaltigkeit; Management; Wasserwirtschaft; Water resources development; USA; Wirtschaftsgeschichte; Wasserversorgung; Umwelto konomie; Natu rliche Ressourcen; Government policy; Umweltmanagement; History
Notes: Published in association with the Institute for Water Resources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Robert A. Pietrowsky; title: 1. Water resources planning: past, present and future / John J. Boland and Duane Baumann; title: 2. history of the United States water resources planning and development / Warren Viessman, Jr.; title: Appendix 2.1. Evolution of public involvement in water planning / Jerome Delli Priscoli; title: Appendix 2.2. Nebraska Natural Resource Districts; title: 3. theory and practice of benefit-cost analysis / John J. Boland, Nicholas Flores and Charles W. Howe; title: 4. Environmental issues and options in water resources planning and decision making / David H. Moreau and Daniel P. Loucks; title: 5. On the collaboration of ecologists and economists / Clifford S. Russell and Mark Sagoff; title: 6. Political decision making: real decisions in real political contexts / Peter Rogers, Lawrence MacDonnell and Peter Lydon; title: Appendix 6.1. Overview of American law for allocation of water; title: 7. Making the transition: moving water resources planning and management in to the twenty-first century / Gerald E. Galloway.