Inter-basin water transfer : case studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China, and India
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Inter-basin water transfer : case studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China, and India
(International hydrology series)
Cambridge University Press, 2007
- hardback
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Increasing demands for irrigation, domestic and industrial water have generated a massive growth world-wide in the number of large water infrastructure projects involving the transfer of water from basins considered to have surplus water to those where the demand for water has exceeded or is expected to exceed supplies. Using the experiences of projects in Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, this book examines case studies within the diverse geographical, climatic, economic, and policy regimes operating in these countries. It examines the water resources of Australia, the driest inhabited continent, and explores inter-basin water transfer projects in the United States, Canada, China and India, examining their benefits and impacts within these nations' contrasting economies and governance systems. This comprehensive and well-illustrated text will be of great interest to professionals and researchers in the fields of hydrology, water resources, and to those engaged in environmental science, policy and regulation.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Overview and scope
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Part I. The Challenges: 1. World population and pressures on land, water and food resources
- 2. Issues in inter-basin water transfer
- Part II. Inter-basin Water Transfer in Australia: 3. Land and water resources of Australia
- 4. The Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme
- 5. Inter-basin water transfer from coastal basins of New South Wales
- 6. The Bradfield and Reid Schemes in Queensland
- 7. Three schemes for flooding Lake Eyre
- 8. The Goldfields pipeline scheme of Western Australia
- 9. Supplying Perth, Western Australia with water: the Kimberley pipeline scheme
- 10. Other schemes in Australia
- Part III. Inter-basin Water Transfer in Other Selected Countries: 11. Inter-basin water transfer in the United States of America
- 12. Inter-basin water transfer in Canada
- 13. Inter-basin water transfer in China
- 14. India: the National River-Linking Project
- 15. Inter-basin water transfer, successes, failures and the future
- Part IV. Appendices: A. Some of the Australian pioneers of inter-basin water transfer
- B. Construction timetable of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme
- C. Details of diversion schemes from the Clarence River Basin
- D. Chronological table of the most important events in the Goldfields Pipeline Scheme, Western Australia
- E. Flooding of the Sahara depressions
- F. The Ord River Irrigation Scheme
- G. The West Kimberley Irrigation Scheme
- H. Some other water transfer schemes in Australia
- I. Selected technical features of the Central Valley Project in California
- J. Selected technical features of the State Water Project in California
- K. Selected characteristics of some of the completed or proposed inter-basin water transfer projects in Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, in chronological order
- Glossary
- Index.
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