Sustaining Our Water Resources

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Publication Year:1993

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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 ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
Introductory Remarks	1-2	(skim)
Intergenerational Fairness and Water Resources	3-10	(skim)
Landscapes, Commodoties, and Ecosystems: The Relationship Between Policy and Science for American Rivers	11-42	(skim)
Hydrologic Science: Keeping Pace with Changing Values and Perceptions	43-58	(skim)
Changing patterns of Water Resources Decision Making	59-65	(skim)
Changinf Water Resources Institutions	66-77	(skim)
Changing Concepts of System Management	78-91	(skim)
The Water Science and Technology Board: A Success Story of a Run Down the Rapids of Science Policy	92-102	(skim)
Appendix A: Symposium Program	103-106	(skim)
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Authors	107-109	(skim)
Appendix C: WSTB Publications	110-114	(skim)

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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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