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This is an open access book discusses readers to various methods of modeling plans and policies that address public sector issues and problems. Written for public policy and social sciences students at the upper undergraduate and graduate level, as well as public sector decision-makers, it demonstrates and compares the development and use of various deterministic and probabilistic optimization and simulation modeling methods for analyzing planning and management issues. These modeling tools offer a means of identifying and evaluating alternative plans and policies based on their physical, economic, environmental, and social impacts. Learning how to develop and use the mathematical modeling tools introduced in this book will give students useful skills when in positions of having to make informed public policy recommendations or decisions.

Public administration --- Operational research --- Optimization --- Economic theory & philosophy --- Public systems planning --- Public management --- Operations research --- Models for policy analyses --- Public evaluation --- Policy Analysis --- Public policy analysis --- Linear Optimization Modeling --- Discrete Optimization Modeling --- Lagrangian Models --- Simulation Modeling

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This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. This revised, updated textbook presents a systems approach to the planning, management, and operation of water resources infrastructure in the environment. Previously published in 2005 by UNESCO and Deltares (Delft Hydraulics at the time), this new edition, written again with contributions from Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P. M. Dijkman, and Monique T. Villars, is aimed equally at students and professionals. It introduces readers to the concept of viewing issues involving water resources as a system of multiple interacting components and scales. It offers guidelines for initiating and carrying out water resource system planning and management projects. It introduces alternative optimization, simulation, and statistical methods useful for project identification, design, siting, operation and evaluation and for studying post-planning issues. The authors cover both basin-wide and urban water issues and present ways of identifying and evaluating alternatives for addressing multiple-purpose and multi-objective water quantity and quality management challenges. Reinforced with cases studies, exercises, and media supplements throughout, the text is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in water resource planning and management as well as for practicing planners and engineers in the field.

Engineering. --- Hydrology. --- Water-supply. --- Civil engineering. --- Climate change. --- Environmental engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Water pollution. --- Civil Engineering. --- Water Industry/Water Technologies. --- Hydrology/Water Resources. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Climate Change. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Construction --- Pollution --- Environmental aspects --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Sustainable engineering --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Public works --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Aquatic sciences --- Earth sciences --- Hydrography --- Water --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Climatic changes. --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Environmental pollution. --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Global environmental change --- hydrology --- civil engineering --- waste water technology --- aquatic pollution --- climate change --- environmental engineering

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Water supply. Water treatment. Water pollution --- Ressource en eau --- Water resources --- Cours d'eau --- Rivers --- Bassin versant --- Watersheds --- Réservoir d'eau --- Water reservoirs --- Gestion des ressources --- resource management --- Durabilité --- Sustainability --- Politique des structures --- Structural policies --- Modèle --- Models --- planning --- Water resources development --- System analysis --- Planning --- Management --- System analysis.

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Water resources development - Decision making - Data processing - Congresses. --- Water-supply - Management - Decision making - Data processing - Congresses.

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Sponsored by the Emerging and Innovative Technology Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. With forewords by William J. Cosgrove, President, EcoConsult Inc., and Olcay Ünver, Coordinator, United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, and Director, Programme Office for Global Water Assessment, Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO. Toward a Sustainable Water Future: Visions for 2050 showcases the opinions of more than 50 experts who draw an optimistic picture of environmental and water resource conditions and issues midway through the 21st century. These authorities—distinguished professionals in environmental and water resources engineering, ecology, economics, and law—describe the pathways that could transform today's visions into future reality. Each chapter addresses a specific issue in water resources planning and policy, education, or science and technology and identifies the steps to shape a future of water security and sustainability. This collection of essays challenges readers to consider how society can manage natural and cultural resources to benefit present and future generations. It will be of particular interest to students, educators and practitioners in water resource engineering, as well as planners, environmental managers, and government officials at all levels.

Environmental protection. --- Sustainable engineering. --- Water resources development. --- Watershed management. --- Water resources --- Municipal water --- Water management --- Aquatic habitats --- Water policy --- Transboundary water --- Hydro power --- Water quality