Restoration of Degraded water Resource Systems: Issues, Opportunities, Challenges and Experiences

  • Daniel P. Loucks
  • A. B. Avakyan
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Abstract

Today there is increasing recognition in both the East and West that past engineering and economic water resource development policies, while sometimes meeting specific economic objectives, tended to work against nature rather than work with it. As such, many natural ecosystems that support us and all other life on this earth have been altered and, all too often, have been damaged and degraded. The economic and social costs of that damage and degradation are readily apparent. Hence, added to the list of previously identified multiple purposes for water resources development and management is another: the restoration, maintenance and enhancement of our life supporting ecosystems. The importance of preserving nature rather than modifying it is becoming increasingly evident.

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Water Resource Flood Control Restoration Project Water Resource System Water Resource Planning 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Daniel P. Loucks
    • 1
  • A. B. Avakyan
    • 2
  1. 1.School of Civil & Environmental EngineeringCornell UniversityIthacaUSA
  2. 2.Water Problems InstituteRussian Academy of SciencesMoscowRussia

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