Stochastic and Statistical Methods in Hydrology and Environmental Engineering Volume 4: Effective Environmental Management for Sustainable Development

In this landmark set of papers, experts from around the world present the latest and most promising approaches to both the theory and practice of effective environmental management. To achieve sustainable development, organizations and individual citizens must comply with environmental laws and regu...

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Other Authors: Hipel, Keith W. (Editor), Liping Fang (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1994, 1994
Edition:4th ed. 1994
Series:Water Science and Technology Library
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: Compliance to Environmental Regulations and Monitoring
  • Enforcement of Environmental Laws and Regulations: A Literature Review
  • Sustainable Development and the Role of Environmental Law Enforcement
  • A Policy for Inducing Compliance to Environmental Regulations
  • Game-Theoretic Analysis of Integrated Environmental Management with Combined Reuse of Wastewater
  • How Penalty Affects Enforcement of Environmental Regulations Under Perfect Detection
  • Risk in Ex Ante User Charge Schemes
  • Information, Knowledge and Environmental Regulations
  • Estimation of Quantiles with Application to Regulations
  • Probabilistic Design of Multi-Stage Rotating Biological Contactors
  • Square Root Transformation of Data in an Effluent Limit Setting Program
  • Development of a Methodology for Data Collection Network Design
  • A Comparison of Some Omnibus Monitoring Schemes
  • Environmental Monitoring: Architecture of a Global Model
  • Probability Criteria for Assessing Water Quality Series
  • The Reliability, Resilience, and Vulnerability of Over-Year Water Supply Systems
  • A Frequency and Duration Constrained Model for the Optimization of a Single Reservoir Operation
  • An Algorithm for Determining Closed-Loop Operations Policies for Multi-Reservoir Systems
  • Incorporating Uncertainty in Energy Demand in a Reservoir Reliability Planning Model
  • A Comparison of Stochastic Optimization Methods for Multi-Reservoir Systems
  • Short-Term Control of a Storage Reservoir with Consideration of Long-Term Effects
  • Short-Term Control of Two Storage Reservoirs with Consideration of Final Fulfilment
  • Stochastic Approach to Idle Discharge from Energy Reservoir
  • Author Index
  • Selected Variograms and Optimal Network Design of Rainfall Observation Facilities
  • II: Risk and Decision Making
  • Statistical Properties of Reliability and Resiliency Measures
  • Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model with Application to the Great Lakes Water Levels Problem
  • Hydrological Impact of Regulation Scenarios on Flood Risk Levels on the Great Lakes
  • Regional Reliability Envelopes of Flood Warning Systems
  • Grey Chance-Constrained Programming: Application to Regional Solid Waste Management Planning
  • Probablistic Trade-Off Curves for Multipurpose Reservoir Operation in Colombia
  • III: Knowledge-Based Systems
  • Knowledge-Based System for Reservoir Operation During Low Flows Utilizing Weather Forecast Information
  • Expert System for Inner Basin Drainage
  • Knowledge Acquisition and Qualitative Reasoning for Flood Control
  • Gate Operations by Fuzzy Inference in Compound River Basins
  • Computer Assisted Avalanche Forecasting
  • IV: Reservoir Operation