Systems Approach to Management of Water Resources—Toward Performance Based Water Resources Engineering

Performance Evaluation of Water Resources Systems

Capacity Building: A Possible Approach to Improved Water Resources Management

This paper aims to reflect the complexity of capacity building. In providing some definitions and trends, it refers to the evolution of a concept that tries to adapt to, is applied to and faces a continuously changing environment. Further challenges will be highlighted, referring to improved water resources management. A possible approach will be described, reflecting InWEnt’s water programmes....

A Stochastic Model for Water Resources Management

Irrigation water management is crucial for agricultural production and livelihood security in many regions and countries throughout the world. Over the past decades, controversial and conflictladen water-allocation issues among competing municipal, industrial and agricultural interests have raised increasing concerns. Particularly, growing population, varying natural conditions and shrinking wa...

An Artificial Neural Networks Modeling Approach Applied to the Probabilistic Management of Water Resources Systems

A multivariate non-linear model for synthetic generation of monthly discharge series is presented. The time series generator is built upon a multilayer feedforward neural network with an added multivariate random component normally distributed. The usual error backpropagation algorithm is used to train the network, with a sequential training scheme using shuffled patterns for a stochastic searc...

The role of sustainable water management in protection of water resources

Water is a very important vital resource for all living organisms. A world without water can not be imagined. However the world is running out of its most precious resource. Water resources must be protected completely before the end of life on Earth, so today management of water resources has become the main agenda topic globally. Effective protection can be provided by sustainable water manag...