A resilient approach to integrated water resources management in water scarce basins

Managing Scarce Water Resources – China

A mixed integer optimisation approach for integrated water resources management

In areas lacking substantial freshwater resources, the utilisation of alternative water sources, such as desalinated seawater and reclaimed water, is a sustainable alternative option. This paper presents an optimisation approach for the integrated management of water resources, including desalinated seawater, wastewater and reclaimed water, for insular water deficient areas. The proposed mixed ...

USAID Water Team Case Study in Integrated Water Resources Management

beginnings as a frontier oil town, the ment planning. Local governments are city's economy has diversified and now also seizing the opportunity to devise Coastal zone management; acts as a magnet for migrants from more responsive development proIndonesia; integrated water resources Sulawesi and Java. The city's population grams funded with an increased share management of around 450,000 is grow...

The Economics of Managing Scarce Water Resources

Recent events, news articles in the popular press, and research outside the field of economics have raised alarming questions about the sufficiency of global freshwater supplies and the potentially devastating impacts of current and future water shortages. For example, the 2008 Beijing Olympics drew attention to the problems of pollution and water shortages in China, where massive infrastructur...

A Stochastic Model for Water Resources Management

Irrigation water management is crucial for agricultural production and livelihood security in many regions and countries throughout the world. Over the past decades, controversial and conflictladen water-allocation issues among competing municipal, industrial and agricultural interests have raised increasing concerns. Particularly, growing population, varying natural conditions and shrinking wa...