This book provides an overview of facts, theories and methods from hydrology, geology, geophysics, law, ethics, economics, ecology, engineering, sociology, diplomacy and many other disciplines with relevance for concepts and practice of water resources management. It provides comprehensive, but also critical reading material for all communities involved in the ongoing water discourses and debates.
The book refers to case studies in the form of boxes, sections, or as entire chapters. They illustrate success stories, but also lessons to be remembered, to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Based on consolidated state-of-the-art knowledge, it has been conceived and written to attract a multidisciplinary audience.
The aim of this handbook is to facilitate understanding between the participants of the international water discourse and multi-level decision making processes. Knowing more about water, but also about concepts, methods and aspirations of different professional, disciplinary communities and stakeholders professionalizes the debate and enhances the decision making.
Editors and Affiliations
Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Janos J. Bogardi
University of Amsterdam and IHE-Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands
Joyeeta Gupta
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
K. D. Wasantha Nandalal
Lawyer, Conflict Resolution Specialist, Paris, France
Léna Salamé
Department of Water Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Ronald R.P. van Nooijen
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Navneet Kumar
Water Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum thani, Thailand
Tawatchai Tingsanchali
Sustainable Water Future Programme, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Anik Bhaduri
Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Alla G. Kolechkina
About the editors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Janos J. Bogardi has been the Director of the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) since 2003. Simultaneously he is also Vice-Rector a.i. of the Vice Rectorate in Europe since May 2007. Prof. Bogardi started his professional career as Assistant Professor at the Institute for Water Resources Management of the Technical University of Budapest. Shortly after having relocated to Germany, he became part of the scientific staff in the Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering in Karlsruhe, and the University of Karlsruhe, respectively. Between 1971-1973 and 1983-1985 he worked as a consulting engineer amongst others in Africa. He was then seconded by the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand, between 1985 and 1988. For the next almost seven years he worked as professor for Hydraulics, and quantitative Water Resource Management at the Agricultural University of Wageningen, the Netherlands. Janos Bogardi started his UN career in 1995 with the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, as a Senior Programme Specialist and soon became the Chief of the Section on Sustainable Water Resources and Management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples
Editors: Janos J. Bogardi, Joyeeta Gupta, K. D. Wasantha Nandalal, Léna Salamé, Ronald R.P. van Nooijen, Navneet Kumar, Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Anik Bhaduri, … Alla G. Kolechkina
