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Water Science, Policy and Management


Water Science, Policy and Management

A Global Challenge
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von: Simon James Dadson, Dustin E. Garrick, Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell, Jim W. Hall, Rob Hope, Jocelyne Hughes

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Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
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Veröffentl.: 23.10.2019
ISBN/EAN: 9781119520597
Sprache: englisch
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<p><b>Provides an in-depth look at science, policy and management in the water sector across the globe</b></p> <p>Sustainable water management is an increasingly complex challenge and policy priority facing global society. This book examines how governments, municipalities, corporations, and individuals find sustainable water management pathways across competing priorities of water for ecosystems, food, energy, economic growth and human consumption. It looks at the current politics and economics behind the management of our freshwater ecosystems and infrastructure and offers insightful essays that help stimulate more intense and informed debate about the subject and its need for local and international cooperation.</p> <p>This book celebrates the 15-year anniversary of Oxford University’s MSc course in Water Science, Policy and Management. Edited and written by some of the leading minds in the field, writing alongside alumni from the course, <i>Water Science, Policy and Management: A Global Challenge</i> offers in-depth chapters in three parts: Science; Policy; and Management. Topics cover: hydroclimatic extremes and climate change; the past, present, and future of groundwater resources; water quality modelling, monitoring, and management; and challenges for freshwater ecosystems. The book presents critical views on the monitoring and modelling of hydrological processes; the rural water policy in Africa and Asia; the political economy of wastewater in Europe; drought policy management and water allocation. It also examines the financing of water infrastructure; the value of wastewater; water resource planning; sustainable urban water supply and the human right to water.</p> <ul> <li>Features perspectives from some of the world’s leading experts on water policy and management</li> <li>Identifies and addresses current and future water sector challenges</li> <li>Charts water policy trends across a rapidly evolving set of challenges in a variety of global areas</li> <li>Covers the reallocation of water; policy process of risk management; the future of the world’s water under global environmental change; and more</li> </ul> <p><i>Water Science, Policy and Management: A Global Challenge</i> is an essential book for policy makers and government agencies involved in water management, and for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying water science, governance, and policy.</p>
<p>List of Contributors xvii</p> <p>Foreword xxi</p> <p>Acknowledgements xxiii</p> <p><b>1 Water Science, Policy, and Management: Introduction 1<br /></b><i>Simon J. Dadson, Edmund C. Penning‐Rowsell, Dustin E. Garrick, Rob Hope, Jim W. Hall, and Jocelyne Hughes</i></p> <p>1.1 Introduction 1</p> <p>1.2 Drivers of Change: Environment, Politics, Economics 2</p> <p>1.3 Responses to Change: Technology, Information, Equity 4</p> <p>1.4 Science, Policy and Management 6</p> <p><b>Part I Water Science 9</b></p> <p><b>2 Hydroclimatic Extremes and Climate Change 11<br /></b><i>Simon J. Dadson, Homero Paltan Lopez, Jian Peng, and Shuchi Vora</i></p> <p>2.1 Introduction 11</p> <p>2.2 Key Concepts in Climate Science 12</p> <p>2.2.1 The Water Cycle in the Earth System 12</p> <p>2.2.2 Radiative Energy Transfer in the Atmosphere 12</p> <p>2.2.3 Convection and Atmospheric Stability 13</p> <p>2.2.4 The General Circulation 14</p> <p>2.3 Hydroclimatic Variability and Extremes 14</p> <p>2.3.1 Modes of Hydroclimatic Variability 14</p> <p>2.3.2 El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) 14</p> <p>2.3.3 South Asian Monsoon 16</p> <p>2.3.4 North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) 16</p> <p>2.3.5 Other Modes of Variability 17</p> <p>2.4 Climate Change and Hydrology 18</p> <p>2.4.1 Understanding the Link Between Climate Change and Hydroclimatic Extremes 18</p> <p>2.4.2 Climate Models and Climate Projections 18</p> <p>2.4.3 Downscaling and Uncertainty 19</p> <p>2.5 Managing Hydroclimatic Extremes 20</p> <p>2.5.1 Quantifying Risk and Uncertainty 20</p> <p>2.5.2 Planning for Extremes in Flood Risk and Water Resources Management 22</p> <p>2.5.3 Comparing Top‐down with Bottom‐up Approaches 22</p> <p>2.6 Conclusion 25</p> <p>References 25</p> <p><b>3 Groundwater Resources: Past, Present, and Future 29<br /></b><i>Abi Stone, Michelle Lanzoni, and Pauline Smedley</i></p> <p>3.1 Introduction to Groundwater Science 29</p> <p>3.2 Quantities of Groundwater: Storage, Recharge, and Abstraction 31</p> <p>3.2.1 What Do We Know? 31</p> <p>3.2.2 Future Outlook on Measuring Groundwater Quantity 34</p> <p>3.2.3 Improving Scientific Knowledge of Groundwater Volumes and Fluxes 39</p> <p>3.3 Groundwater Quality 39</p> <p>3.3.1 The Composition of Groundwater: Natural Baselines and Pollution 39</p> <p>3.3.2 Future Outlook on Groundwater Water Quality: Key Constraints and Approaches to Addressing Them 45</p> <p>3.4 Groundwater and Climate Change 48</p> <p>3.4.1 Long‐term Climatic Influences on Groundwater 48</p> <p>3.4.2 Current and Future Influences of Climate Change on Groundwater 48</p> <p>3.5 Continuing Challenges for Groundwater Science 49</p> <p>3.6 Concluding Points 50</p> <p>References 51</p> <p><b>4 Water Quality Modelling, Monitoring, and Management 55<br /></b><i>Paul Whitehead, Michaela Dolk, Rebecca Peters, and Hannah Leckie</i></p> <p>4.1 Water Quality Modelling Background 55</p> <p>4.1.1 Water Quality: The Problem 55</p> <p>4.1.2 Management Model Approaches and History 56</p> <p>4.1.3 Generic Types of Water Quality Models 57</p> <p>4.1.4 Lumped Modelling Approaches 58</p> <p>4.1.5 Case Study 1: Modelling of Metals Downstream of Mines in Transylvania 59</p> <p>4.2 Water Quality Modelling at the Catchment Scale 59</p> <p>4.2.1 Integrated Catchment Approach – A Brief Review 59</p> <p>4.2.2 The Integrated Catchments (INCA) Model System 61</p> <p>4.2.3 Case Study 2: Modelling Contaminants Using INCA – Metaldehyde in the Thames 62</p> <p>4.2.4 Case Study 3: Water Quality in the Turag‐Balu River System, Dhaka, Bangladesh 62</p> <p>4.2.5 Model Uncertainty 63</p> <p>4.3 Monitoring Strategies Past and Present 65</p> <p>4.3.1 Global Monitoring 66</p> <p>4.3.2 National‐scale Monitoring 66</p> <p>4.3.3 Long‐term Monitoring of Key Scientific Sites 66</p> <p>4.3.4 Citizen Science Monitoring 68</p> <p>4.3.5 Case Study 4: Monitoring and Modelling the Murray‐Darling System in Australia 68</p> <p>4.4 Conclusions 70</p> <p>References 70</p> <p><b>5 Challenges for Freshwater Ecosystems 75<br /></b><i>Jocelyne Hughes, Heather Bond, Clarke Knight, and Kieran Stanley</i></p> <p>5.1 How do Freshwater Ecosystems Work? 75</p> <p>5.1.1 Structure and Function of Freshwater Ecosystems 75</p> <p>5.1.2 Key Challenges in Freshwater Ecology 76</p> <p>5.2 The Challenge of Water Quality Management: Linking Freshwater Ecosystems to Water Quality 78</p> <p>5.2.1 ‘The Kidneys of the Landscape’ 78</p> <p>5.2.2 Constructed Wetlands 78</p> <p>5.2.3 Managing Freshwater Ecosystems for Water Quality Enhancement 81</p> <p>5.3 The Challenge of Invasive Non‐native Species: Impacts on Diversity and Ecosystem Function 82</p> <p>5.3.1 The Spread of Non‐native Freshwater Species 82</p> <p>5.3.2 Impacts of INNS 82</p> <p>5.3.3 What Can be Done About the Problem? 84</p> <p>5.4 The Challenge of Environmental Change : Managing Biogeochemical Cycles and Water Security in Freshwaters 85</p> <p>5.4.1 Impacts of Warming and Changing Atmospheric GHGs on Freshwaters 85</p> <p>5.4.2 Environmental Flows 87</p> <p>5.5 Approaches to Tackling the Challenges of Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation and Management 89</p> <p>5.5.1 Technical Innovations 89</p> <p>5.5.1.1 Environmental DNA 89</p> <p>5.5.1.2 Remote Sensing Methods and Databases 89</p> <p>5.5.2 Social Science Innovations 91</p> <p>References 92</p> <p><b>6 Water and Health: A Dynamic, Enduring Challenge 97<br /></b><i>Katrina J. Charles, Saskia Nowicki, Patrick Thomson, and David Bradley</i></p> <p>6.1 Introduction 97</p> <p>6.2 Classifying and Measuring Health Outcomes 97</p> <p>6.3 Politics and Innovation in Water and Health 99</p> <p>6.3.1 Measurement: Understanding the Role of Malnutrition and Infection in Diarrhoea 100</p> <p>6.3.2 Treatment: Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) 100</p> <p>6.3.3 Knowledge: Emerging Health Issues 101</p> <p>6.3.4 Politics and the Pace of Disruption 101</p> <p>6.4 Beyond Outbreaks: The Underreported Health Burden of Inadequate Water Supplies 102</p> <p>6.5 Enteric Environmental Dysfunction 103</p> <p>6.5.1 Visible Disease from Chemical Exposure 103</p> <p>6.5.2 Hypertension and Cancer 105</p> <p>6.5.3 Cognitive Impairment 106</p> <p>6.5.4 Psychosocial Distress 107</p> <p>6.5.5 Revisiting the Water‐Related Burden of Disease 107</p> <p>6.6 Water and Health Challenges in the SDG Period 108</p> <p>6.6.1 Improving Service Levels 109</p> <p>6.6.2 Improving Water Quality Testing Methods 110</p> <p>6.6.3 Leaving No One Behind 111</p> <p>6.7 Conclusions 112</p> <p>References 113</p> <p><b>7 Monitoring and Modelling Hydrological Processes 117<br /></b><i>Simon J. Dadson, Feyera Hirpa, Patrick Thomson, and Megan Konar</i></p> <p>7.1 Modelling Hydrological Systems: Current Approaches 117</p> <p>7.1.1 From Local Catchment Models to Global Hydrological Studies 119</p> <p>7.1.2 Validation, Verification, and Confirmation in Hydrological Modelling 121</p> <p>7.1.3 Representing Human‐managed Water Systems 122</p> <p>7.2 Monitoring Hydrological Systems 124</p> <p>7.2.1 Monitoring the Global Water Cycle Across Scales 124</p> <p>7.2.2 Decline of In Situ Monitoring 125</p> <p>7.2.3 The Role of EO 126</p> <p>7.2.4 Land‐based and Airborne Techniques 127</p> <p>7.2.5 Non‐traditional Hydrological Monitoring Systems 128</p> <p>7.3 Future Challenges 128</p> <p>7.4 Conclusion 129</p> <p>References 130</p> <p><b>Part II Policy 139</b></p> <p><b>8 Reallocating Water 141<br /></b><i>Dustin E. Garrick, Alice Chautard, and Jonathan Rawlins</i></p> <p>8.1 Water Crises as Allocation Challenges 141</p> <p>8.2 Navigating Reallocation 142</p> <p>8.3 Socio‐cultural Dimensions 144</p> <p>8.3.1 Navigating the Changing Culture of Water in Spain 146</p> <p>8.4 Natural and Technological Dimensions 147</p> <p>8.5 Political Economy Dimensions 149</p> <p>8.5.1 Barriers to Reallocation from Agriculture to the City of Cape Town 151</p> <p>8.6 A Ladder of Interventions? 152</p> <p>8.7 Frontiers of Water Allocation 153</p> <p>References 154</p> <p><b>9 Rural Water Policy in Africa and Asia 159<br /></b><i>Rob Hope, Tim Foster, Johanna Koehler, and Patrick Thomson</i></p> <p>9.1 Fifty Years of Rural Water Policy in Africa and Asia 159</p> <p>9.2 Pillars of Rural Water Policy 160</p> <p>9.3 Community Access, 1980–2000 163</p> <p>9.4 Rights and Results, 2000–2020 166</p> <p>9.5 Regulated Services, 2020–2030 169</p> <p>9.6 Limits to Progress 173</p> <p>References 174</p> <p><b>10 The Human Right to Water 181<br /></b><i>Rhett Larson, Kelsey Leonard, and Richard Rushforth</i></p> <p>10.1 The Legal and Historical Background of the Human Right to Water 181</p> <p>10.2 Defining the Human Right to Water 185</p> <p>10.2.1 Difference Between Human Right to Water and Water Rights 187</p> <p>10.3 Implementing the Human Right to Water 188</p> <p>10.4 Gap Between Policy Articulation and Implementation of the Human Right to Water 190</p> <p>10.5 Key Policy Challenges Facing the Human Right to Water 192</p> <p>10.6 Conclusion 193</p> <p>References 193</p> <p><b>11 Policy Processes in Flood Risk Management 197<br /></b><i>Edmund C. Penning‐Rowsell, Joanna Pardoe, Jim W. Hall, and Julie Self</i></p> <p>11.1 Introduction 197</p> <p>11.2 Flood Risk: Global and Local Scales 198</p> <p>11.3 Three Theories of the Policy Process 199</p> <p>11.3.1 Punctuated Equilibrium 199</p> <p>11.3.2 Multiple Streams 200</p> <p>11.3.3 Advocacy Coalitions 201</p> <p>11.4 Four Contrasting Case Studies of the Policy Process 201</p> <p>11.4.1 South Africa: 1994–2002 and Beyond 201</p> <p>11.4.2 Advocacy Coalitions in Bangladesh and the Role of Donor Agencies 204</p> <p>11.4.3 Flood Risk Management in Tanzania: The President as Policy Entrepreneur 205</p> <p>11.4.4 Flood Insurance in the UK: Six Decades of Relative Policy Stability 207</p> <p>11.5 Conclusions 210</p> <p>References 211</p> <p><b>12 The Political Economy of Wastewater in Europe 215<br /></b><i>Heather M. Smith and Gareth Walker</i></p> <p>12.1 Introduction 215</p> <p>12.2 Models of Service Delivery 216</p> <p>12.3 Wastewater as a Driver of Investment and Cost Recovery 219</p> <p>12.4 Case Studies – Paris and Ireland 221</p> <p>12.4.1 Paris 221</p> <p>12.4.2 Ireland 224</p> <p>12.5 Discussion and Conclusion 226</p> <p>12.5.1 The Hidden Role of Wastewater 226</p> <p>12.5.2 Emerging Needs and Opportunities in Wastewater 227</p> <p>References 229</p> <p><b>13 Drought Policy and Management 233<br /></b><i>Rachael McDonnell, Stephen Fragaszy, Troy Sternberg, and Swathi Veeravalli</i></p> <p>13.1 Introduction 233</p> <p>13.2 Drought, Aridity, Water Scarcity, and Desertification 234</p> <p>13.3 Climate Change and Drought 237</p> <p>13.4 Drought Policy and Management Development 238</p> <p>13.4.1 Drought Legislation 238</p> <p>13.4.2 Drought Policies 239</p> <p>13.4.3 Drought Governance 240</p> <p>13.5 The ‘Three Pillars’ of Drought Management 240</p> <p>13.5.1 Pillar 1: Drought Monitoring and Early Warning Systems 241</p> <p>13.5.2 Pillar 2: Drought Impact and Vulnerability Assessments 241</p> <p>13.5.3 Pillar 3: Drought Preparedness Planning 242</p> <p>13.5.4 A Range of Policy Instruments Including Insurance and Water Allocation Regimes 243</p> <p>13.6 Drought in Mongolia 243</p> <p>13.6.1 Pillars 1 and 2: Drought Monitoring, Impacts, and Vulnerability 244</p> <p>13.6.2 Pillar 3: Drought Preparedness, Mitigation, and Response Strategies 245</p> <p>13.7 The Example of the Middle East and North Africa Region 245</p> <p>13.7.1 Pillar 1: Technical and Institutional Drought Monitoring Challenges 246</p> <p>13.7.2 Pillars 2 and 3: Drought Management Institutional Coordination Challenges 247</p> <p>13.7.3 Building Resilience – The Moroccan Drought Insurance Example 248</p> <p>13.8 Discussion 248</p> <p>13.8.1 Case Studies Synthesis 248</p> <p>13.8.2 Future Directions for Research 249</p> <p>13.9 Conclusions 249</p> <p>References 250</p> <p><b>Part III Water Management 255</b></p> <p><b>14 Water Resource System Modelling and Decision Analysis 257</b><br /><i>Jim W. Hall, Edoardo Borgomeo, Mohammad Mortazavi‐Naeini, and Kevin Wheeler</i></p> <p>14.1 The Challenge of Sustainable Water Supply 257</p> <p>14.2 The Water Resource System Problem 259</p> <p>14.3 Dealing with Multiple Objectives 261</p> <p>14.4 Variability and Risk 263</p> <p>14.5 Uncertainty and Decisions 264</p> <p>14.6 Embedding Simulation Modelling in Practical Decision‐making 266</p> <p>14.7 The Expanding Boundaries of Water Resource Systems 268</p> <p>14.7.1 New Data Sources 268</p> <p>14.7.2 Economics 268</p> <p>14.7.3 Finance 269</p> <p>14.7.4 Society 269</p> <p>14.7.5 The Environment 269</p> <p>14.8 Conclusions 270</p> <p>References 271</p> <p><b>15 Financing Water Infrastructure 275<br /></b><i>Alex Money</i></p> <p>15.1 Introduction 275</p> <p>15.2 The Infrastructure Financing Challenge 276</p> <p>15.3 Bridging the Gap 278</p> <p>15.4 Stakeholder Collaboration and the Constructive Corporation 279</p> <p>15.5 Hybridity and Blended Finance 280</p> <p>15.6 Blended Returns on Investments in Infrastructure 282</p> <p>15.7 Water Infrastructure Portfolio Management 283</p> <p>15.8 Hybrid Income 284</p> <p>15.9 Synthesis 285</p> <p>15.10 Scaling the Model 286</p> <p>15.11 Conclusion 286</p> <p>References 287</p> <p><b>16 Wastewater: From a Toxin to a Valuable Resource 291<br /></b><i>David W.M. Johnstone, Saskia Nowicki, Abishek S. Narayan, and Ranu Sinha</i></p> <p>16.1 Introduction 291</p> <p>16.2 The Early Formative Years 291</p> <p>16.3 Early Full‐Scale Application and Process Development 294</p> <p>16.4 The Age of Understanding 294</p> <p>16.5 Some Important Legislative and Institutional Changes 295</p> <p>16.6 More Understanding and a Plethora of Processes 296</p> <p>16.7 The Question of Sludge 298</p> <p>16.7.1 Heavy Metals 298</p> <p>16.7.2 Toxic Organic Chemicals 299</p> <p>16.7.3 Pathogens 299</p> <p>16.8 A New Philosophy; A New Paradigm? 299</p> <p>16.8.1 Water 300</p> <p>16.8.2 Energy 300</p> <p>16.8.3 Fertilisers 301</p> <p>16.8.4 Phosphate 301</p> <p>16.8.5 Other Recoverable Materials 301</p> <p>16.9 The Uncollected and Untreated 301</p> <p>16.9.1 Sewers 303</p> <p>16.9.2 Innovative Institutional Arrangements 303</p> <p>16.10 Concluding</p> <p>Remarks 303</p> <p>References 305</p> <p><b>17 A Road Map to Sustainable Urban Water Supply 309<br /></b><i>Michael Rouse and Nassim El Achi</i></p> <p>17.1 Introduction 309</p> <p>17.2 International Stimuli – What Has Been Achieved? 309</p> <p>17.2.1 A Brief History Before the Water Decade of 1981–1990 309</p> <p>17.2.2 The Water Decade 1981–1990 310</p> <p>17.2.3 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 312</p> <p>17.3 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 312</p> <p>17.3.1 Formation and Definitions 312</p> <p>17.3.2 Water and Sanitation as a Human Right 313</p> <p>17.4 Challenges to be Faced 314</p> <p>17.4.1 Sustained Political Commitment to Goal 314</p> <p>17.4.2 Reliable Data 315</p> <p>17.4.3 Effective Planning 315</p> <p>17.4.4 Water Resources 317</p> <p>17.4.5 Water Distribution 318</p> <p>17.4.6 City Planning 320</p> <p>17.4.7 Finance 321</p> <p>17.5 Reform Requirements 321</p> <p>17.5.1 Phnom Penh 321</p> <p>17.5.2 National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), Uganda 322</p> <p>17.5.3 Chile 323</p> <p>17.5.4 Singapore 324</p> <p>17.5.5 Conclusions 324</p> <p>17.6 Achieving Awareness of What Needs to Be Done 325</p> <p>17.7 An Outline Road Map to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on Water 325</p> <p>References 326</p> <p><b>18 Equity and Urban Water Security 329<br /></b><i>Katrina J. Charles, Thanti Octavianti, Erin Hylton, and Grace Remmington</i></p> <p>18.1 Introduction 329</p> <p>18.2 Urban Water Security: Framing the Global Challenge 330</p> <p>18.2.1 Urban Water Security 330</p> <p>18.2.2 The Importance of the Urban Space 331</p> <p>18.2.3 The Challenge of Water Security for Urban Spaces 332</p> <p>18.3 Trade‐offs in Urban Water Security 334</p> <p>18.3.1 The Water Security Challenge 335</p> <p>18.3.2 One Solution for a Complex Issue 335</p> <p>18.3.3 Universal and Equitable Development 337</p> <p>18.4 Inclusive Water Security: A Case Study of São Paulo’s Water 339</p> <p>18.5 Conclusions 340</p> <p>References 341</p> <p><b>19 Reflections on Water Security and Humanity 345<br /></b><i>David Grey</i></p> <p>19.1 Introduction 345</p> <p>19.2 Human Origins and Water: Then and Now 346</p> <p>19.2.1 African Beginnings 346</p> <p>19.2.2 The Nile 346</p> <p>19.2.3 The Tigris and Euphrates 347</p> <p>19.2.4 The Indus 347</p> <p>19.2.5 What Might We Learn from These Reflections? 348</p> <p>19.3 Water Security and Risk 349</p> <p>19.4 Eight Major Global Water Security Challenges 351</p> <p>19.4.1 The Dynamic Challenge of Water Security Risks in Changing Climates 351</p> <p>19.4.2 The Challenge of Water Supply and Sanitation 352</p> <p>19.4.3 The Challenge of Hunger 352</p> <p>19.4.4 The Challenge of Floods 353</p> <p>19.4.5 The Challenge of Drought 353</p> <p>19.4.6 The Challenge of International and Transboundary Waters 354</p> <p>19.4.7 The Challenge of ‘Spillovers’: From Local to Global 355</p> <p>19.4.8 The Challenge for the World’s ‘Low Latitude’ Regions 355</p> <p>19.5 Conclusions: Priorities and Pathways for Policy‐makers 356</p> <p>19.5.1 Three Priorities for Investment 356</p> <p>19.5.2 Pathways to Water Security 357</p> <p>References 358</p> <p><b>20 Charting the World’s Water Future? 363<br /></b><i>Simon J. Dadson, Edmund C. Penning‐Rowsell, Dustin E. Garrick, Rob Hope</i>, <i>Jim W. Hall , and Jocelyne Hughes</i></p> <p>20.1 Linking Water Science, Policy, and Management 363</p> <p>20.2 Charting the World’s Water Future: Five Key Challenges 363</p> <p>20.3 A Vision for Interdisciplinary Water Education 365</p> <p>Index 367</p>
<p><b>SIMON J. DADSON, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is Professor of Hydrology at the University of Oxford, and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and a Fellow of Christ Church. <p><b>DUSTIN E. GARRICK, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is an Associate Professor of Environmental Management at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and a Fellow of Green Templeton College. <p><b>EDMUND C. PENNING-ROWSELL, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is Professor of Geography and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Middlesex University, and a Visiting Academic at the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. <p><b>JIM W. HALL, P<small>H</small>D, FREng,</b> is Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks in the School of Geography and the Environment and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Linacre College. <p><b>ROB HOPE, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is Professor of Water Policy at the School of Geography and the Environment, and Director of the Water Programme at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. <p><b>JOCELYNE HUGHES, P<small>H</small>D,</b> is Departmental Lecturer and Course Director, for MSc/MPhil in Water Science, Policy and Management at the University of Oxford.
<p><b>PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE WATER SECTOR ACROSS THE GLOBE</b> <p>Sustainable water management is an increasingly complex challenge and policy priority facing global society. This book examines how governments, municipalities, corporations, and individuals find sustainable water management pathways across competing priorities of water for ecosystems, food, energy, economic growth and human consumption. It looks at the current politics and economics behind the management of our freshwater ecosystems and infrastructure and offers insightful essays that help stimulate more intense and informed debate about the subject and its need for local and international cooperation. <p>This book celebrates the 15-year anniversary of Oxford University's MSc course in Water Science, Policy and Management. Edited and written by some of the leading minds in the field, writing alongside alumni from the course, <i>Water Science, Policy, and Management: A Global Challenge</i> offers in-depth chapters in three parts: Science; Policy; and Management. Topics cover: hydroclimatic extremes and climate change; the past, present, and future of groundwater resources; water quality modelling, monitoring, and management; and challenges for freshwater ecosystems. The book presents critical views on the monitoring and modelling of hydrological processes; the rural water policy in Africa and Asia; the political economy of wastewater in Europe; drought policy management and water allocation. It also examines the financing of water infrastructure; the value of wastewater; water resource planning; sustainable urban water supply and the human right to water. <ul> <li>Features perspectives from some of the world's leading experts on water policy and management</li> <li>Identifies and addresses current and future water sector challenges</li> <li>Charts water policy trends across a rapidly evolving set of challenges in a variety of global areas</li> <li>Covers the reallocation of water; policy process of risk management; the future of the world's water under global environmental change; and more</li> </ul> <p><i>Water Science, Policy, and Management: A Global Challenge</i> is an essential book for policy makers and government agencies involved in water management, and for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying water science, governance, and policy.

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