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By Julie Greene, Island Press
Flooding in California. Drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. Massive fish kills in Texas and Australia. “Forever chemicals” in US drinking water. Too often, these dire stories address the surface-level catastrophe, but not the root cause: a global water system under serious stress. To create effective water management practices, scientists, water managers, and policymakers need a holistic understanding of water management in the twenty-first century.
In Water Management: Prioritizing Justice and Sustainability (Publication date: June 27, 2024; Island Press), Shimon C. Anisfeld, Senior Lecturer II and Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment, provides students, professionals, and policy makers with the critical knowledge base for understanding and managing complex water problems. Rather than narrowly focusing on one type of water problem, Anisfeld explores the entire gamut of water issues, from dams to desalination, flooding to famine, prior appropriation to pumped storage, and sanitation to stormwater.
Water Management provides readers with vital information about how water systems function, the problems facing them, and the tools available to increase their resilience. In contrast to many other books on water management, Anisfeld approaches water management challenges through a multi-disciplinary perspective, including fields such as hydrology, climate science, ecology, and engineering, as well as law, economics, history, and environmental justice.
With Water Management, Anisfeld delivers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to one of the most critical and demanding challenges of the twenty-first century: developing just and sustainable solutions to water management. The book will be an invaluable resources for students in water management courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as for practicing water professionals who want to get new ideas and understand a broad range of perspectives.
Water is a resource that the world cannot afford to waste, especially in the face of a rapidly changing climate. Anisfeld offers students and practitioners a vital guide to the many challenges of, and solutions to, today’s water management problems.
Shimon C. Anisfeld is Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist at the Yale School of the Environment, where he teaches courses in water management, coastal ecology, organic pollutants, and physical science for environmental managers. His research and writing interests include both freshwater and coastal issues, which he sees as central to the challenges facing the world in the coming decades.
Water Management: Prioritizing Justice and Sustainability
Island Press Paperback Original | Publication Date: June 27, 2024
440 pages | 8.5 x 11 | Price: $50.00
ISBN: 978-1-64283-005-7
Book Page: https://islandpress.org/books/water-management
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