Water Resources Management - Practices of Irrigation and On-farm Water Management - page 139

Chapter 5
Water Resources Management
Contents
5.1 Concept, Perspective, and Objective of Water Resources Management ....... 140
5.1.1 Concept of Management ........................ 140
5.1.2 Water and the Environment ....................... 141
5.1.3 Increasing Competition in Water Resource ................ 141
5.1.4 Water As an Economic Good ...................... 142
5.1.5 Purposes and Goals of Water Resources
Management ............................. 143
5.1.6 Fundamental Aspects of Water Resources
Management ............................. 144
5.2 Estimation of Demand and Supply of Water .................. 144
5.2.1 Demand Estimation .......................... 144
5.2.2 Estimation of Potential Supply of Water ................. 146
5.2.3 Issues of Groundwater Development in Saline/Coastal Areas ........ 148
5.2.4 Environmental Flow Assessment .................... 148
5.3 Strategies for Water Resources Management .................. 150
5.3.1 Demand Side Management ....................... 150
5.3.2 Supply Side Management ........................ 161
5.3.3 Integrated Water Resources Management ................. 170
5.4 Sustainability Issues in Water Resource Management .............. 173
5.4.1 Concept of Sustainability ........................ 173
5.4.2 Scales of Sustainability ......................... 175
5.4.3 Achieving Sustainability ........................ 175
5.4.4 Strategies to Achieve Sustainability ................... 177
5.5 Conflicts in Water Resources Management ................... 178
5.5.1 Meaning of Conflict .......................... 178
5.5.2 Water Conflicts in the Integrated Water Resources Management Process ... 179
5.5.3 Scales of Conflicts in Water Management ................ 180
5.5.4 Analysis of Causes of Conflicts in Water
Management ............................. 184
5.6 Impact of Climate Change on Water Resource ................. 185
5.6.1 Issues on Water Resources in Connection to Climate Change ........ 185