Water Resource Systems Planning and Management ― An Introduction to Methods, Models, and Applications

This revised, updated textbook presents systems analysis methods applied to the planning and management of water resources infrastructure in the environment. Aimed equally at students and professionals, the book introduces readers to the overall domain of water resource planning and management including systems components and planning scales, planning and managing projects; optimization, simulation, and statistical methods; and post-planning issues. The authors cover both basin-wide and urban water issues and teach readers ways of identifying and evaluating alternatives for multiple-purpose, multi-objective water quantity and quality planning and management challenges. Reinforced with cases studies, exercises, and media supplements throughout, the text is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in water resource planning and management as well as for practicing planners and engineers in the field.

Daniel P. Loucks is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University and an internationally renowned expert about the development and application of economics, ecology and systems analysis methods to the solution of environmental and regional water resources problems. A visiting scholar at Harvard, MIT, UT Austin, and the technical University of Delft, he is most recently working with the Technical University of Vienna. Eelco van Beek is a Water resources specialist at the Department of Sustainable Use of Water and Soil at Deltares, the Netherlands. Dr. van Beek is an expert in modelling in water resources management and river basin development; his recent academic appoints include the University of Twente, Netherlands, and the Technical University of Delft.