1st Edition
Water Resources and Decision-Making Systems
Preface Cecilia Tortajada
1. Improving the Information Base to Better Guide Water Resource Management Decision Making Kevin Parris
2. Do the Virtual Water and Water Footprint Perspectives Enhance Policy Discussions? Dennis Wichelns
3. Changing Roles in Canadian Water Management: A Case Study of Agriculture and Water in Canada’s South Saskatchewan River Basin Darrell R. Corkal, Harry Diaz & David Sauchyn
4. Drivers of Economic Information in River Basin Planning Josefina Maestu & Carlos Mario Gomez
5. Consequences of Increasing Environmental Complexity in the Water Domain Rudy Vannevel
6. Challenges for Integrated Water Resources Management: How Do We Provide the Knowledge to Support Truly Integrated Thinking? Rachael A. McDonnell
7. Advances in Decision Support Systems for Flood Disaster Management: Challenges and Opportunities Jason K. Levy, Chennat Gopalakrishnan and Zhaohui Lin
Biography
Cecilia Tortajada is President of the Third World Centre for Water Management, working on public policy aspects of natural resources management, especially water.
Kevin Parris works on policy analysis at the OECD, with particular focus on agri-environmental issues, including sustainable management of water in agriculture and monitoring environmental performance.
