Elsevier Economical, Political, and Social Issues in Water Resources

Economical, Political, and Social Issues in Water Resources provides a fully comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of all three factors in their relation to water resources. Economic issues consist of Water accounting, Water economy, Water pricing, Water market, Water bank and bourse. Political issues consist of Water power and hydrogemistry, Water diplomacy and hydropolitics, Water rights and water laws, Water governance and policy, Shared water resources management, Water management systems, and social issues consist of Water and culture, civilization and history, Water quality, hygiene, and health, Water and society. This book familiarizes researchers with all aspects of the field, which can lead to optimized and multidimensional water resources management. Some of abovementioned issues are new, so the other aim of this book is to identify them in order to researchers can easily find them and use them in their studies. Review Introduces water resources management tools in a simple way, using case studies to provide a deeper understanding of their use From the Back Cover Comprehensive and integrated management of water resources must take into account many aspects, including economic, social and political, Economical, Political, and Social Issues in Water Resources provides a fully comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of all three factors in their relation to water resources. Economic issues consist of Water accounting, Water economy, Water pricing, Water market, Water bank and bourse. Political issues consist of Water power and hydrogemistry, Water diplomacy and hydropolitics, Water rights and water laws, Water governance and policy, Shared water resources management, Water management system and social issues consist of Water and culture, civilization and history, Water quality, hygiene, and health, Water and society. Economical, Political, and Social Issues in Water Resources familiarizes researchers with all aspects of the field, which can lead to optimized and multi-dimensional water resources management. Some of abovementioned issues are new and so the other aim of this book is to identify them in order to researchers can easily find them and use them in their studies. About the Author Dr. Omid Bozorg-Haddad is a distinguished professor at the University of Tehran, Iran. His teaching and research interests include water resources, energy, and environmental systems analysis, engineering, planning, and management as well as application of simulation techniques and optimization algorithms in water related systems. He has published more than 40 books and book chapters, 300 journal and 200 conference papers. He has also supervised more than 100 M.Sc. thesis and Ph.D. dissertations.