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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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 128 ● ISBN 9780309573054 ● Publisher National Academies Press ● Published 1993 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7147318 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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