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Managing Urban Water Supply
. Ed(S): Agthe, Donald E.; Billings, R. Bruce; Buras, Nathan
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Description for Managing Urban Water Supply
Hardback. Aimed at those interested in the provision of urban water, this book covers various topics that include pricing, supply cost, industrial use, subsidence, water markets, drinking water regulation, market regulation, finance, and water provider organization. It provides a survey of literature on local urban water provision and management. Editor(s): Agthe, Donald E.; Billings, R. Bruce; Buras, Nathan. Series: Water Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 606.
We, the editors, have long believed that a strong knowledge of relatively simple economic and engineering concepts is valuable in solving water management problems. The lack of such knowledge has been apparent to us in some of the journal articles, research proposals and books we have reviewed. The articles which have been written concerning specific local water economies and management issues are scattered over a wide variety of journals, making them hard to access. Most of the extensive water resources literature is concerned with large regional water projects or with narrow technical and regional issues. This book was written to ... Read more
We, the editors, have long believed that a strong knowledge of relatively simple economic and engineering concepts is valuable in solving water management problems. The lack of such knowledge has been apparent to us in some of the journal articles, research proposals and books we have reviewed. The articles which have been written concerning specific local water economies and management issues are scattered over a wide variety of journals, making them hard to access. Most of the extensive water resources literature is concerned with large regional water projects or with narrow technical and regional issues. This book was written to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Water Science and Technology Library
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402017209
SKU
V9781402017209
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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