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Essential Tools for Water Resources Analysis, Planning, and Management

  • Presents a comprehensive collection of water management tools that address the needs of general and specialist readers
  • Includes practical examples that provide a detailed and practical concept of each topic to the readers
  • Incorporates in-depth definitions and concepts of each topic that will improve readers' attitudes toward future of the management related tools and improve management plans

Part of the book series: Springer Water (SPWA)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Modeling and Simulation in Water Resources Management

    • Masoumeh Zeinalie, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Barkha Chaplot
    Pages 1-31
  3. Optimization in Water Resources Management

    • Masoumeh Zeinalie, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Hazi Mohammad Azamathulla
    Pages 33-58
  4. The Role of Water Information and Data Bases in Water Resources Management

    • Mahsa Jahanddideh-Tehrani, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos
    Pages 59-83
  5. The Role of Data Mining in Water Resources Management

    • Ali Arefinia, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Heejun Chang
    Pages 85-99
  6. Remote Sensing Application in Water Resources Planning

    • Hossein Rezaei, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Mehmet Cüneyd Demirel
    Pages 101-124
  7. GIS Application in Water Resource Management

    • Arezoo Boroomandnia, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Biswajeet Pradhan, Amitava Datta
    Pages 125-152
  8. System Dynamics Approach for Water Resources Systems Analysis

    • Arya Yaghoubzadeh Bavandpour, Hamed Nozari, Sajjad Ahmad
    Pages 153-176
  9. Application of Agent Base Modeling in Water Resources Management and Planning

    • Mohsen Agha-Hoseinali-Shirazi, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Melinda Laituri, Don DeAngelis
    Pages 177-216
  10. Water Resource Management Aided by Game Theory

    • Icen Yoosefdoost, Taufik Abrão, Maria Josefa Santos
    Pages 217-262
  11. Conflict Resolution: The Gist of the Matter in Water Resources Planning and Management

    • Maedeh Enayati, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Mohsen Tahmasebi Nasab
    Pages 263-273
  12. Multi-objective Optimization Approaches for Design, Planning, and Management of Water Resource Systems

    • Ahmad Ferdowsi, Vijay P. Singh, Mohammad Ehteram, Seyedali Mirjalili
    Pages 275-303
  13. Multi-attribute Decision-Making: A View of the World of Decision-Making

    • Babak Zolghadr-Asli, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Nora van Cauwenbergh
    Pages 305-322
  14. Risk, Uncertainty, and Reliability in Water Resources Management

    • Ali Arefinia, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Arturo A. Keller
    Pages 323-343

About this book

This book describes concepts and tools needed for water resources management, including methods for modeling, simulation, optimization, big data analysis, data mining, remote sensing, geographical information system, game theory, conflict resolution, System dynamics, agent-based models, multiobjective, multicriteria, and multiattribute decision making and risk and uncertainty analysis, for better and sustainable management of water resources and consumption, thus mitigating the present and future global water shortage crisis. It presents the applications of these tools through case studies which demonstrate its benefits of proper management of water resources systems. This book acts as a reference for students, professors, industrial practitioners, and stakeholders in the field of water resources and hydrology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

    Omid Bozorg-Haddad

About the editor

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.

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eBook USD 109.00
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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