Sustainability

Sustaining Our Water Resources

by Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council

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This volume, a collection of seven essays by individuals prominent in the water resources field, commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Water Science and Technology Board. The essays cover a variety of current issues in the field, including intergenerational fairness and water resources, the relationship between policy and science for American rivers, changing values and perceptions in the hydrologic sciences, challenges to water resources decision making, and changing concepts of systems management. An overview of institutions in the field is also given.

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Bibliographic Information

Publisher National Academies Press
Publication Date February 1993
Orginal LanguageEnglish
ISBN/Identifier 9780309049481
Publication Country or regionUnited States
FormatPaperback
Primary Price 25 USD
Pages128
ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
Publish StatusPublished
Dimensions9 x 6 inches