{"product_id":"9780128041383","title":"Rural Water Systems for Multiple Uses and Livelihood Security","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRural Water Systems for Multiple Uses and Livelihood Security\u003c\/i\u003e covers the technological, institutional, and policy choices for building rural water supply systems that are sustainable from physical, economic, and ecological points-of-view in developing countries. While there is abundant theoretical discourse on designing village water supply schemes as multiple use systems, there is too little understanding of the type of water needs in rural households, how they vary across socio-economic and climatic settings, the extent to which these needs are met by the existing single use water supply schemes, and what mechanisms exist to take care of unmet demands. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe case studies presented in the book from different agro ecological regions quantify these benefits under different agro ecological settings, also examining the economic and environmental trade-offs in maximizing benefits. This book demonstrates how various physical and socio-economic processes alter the hydrology of tanks in rural settings, thereby affecting their performance, also including quantitative criteria that can be used to select tanks suitable for rehabilitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers interdisciplinary topics deftly interwoven in the rural context of varying geo-climatic and socioeconomic situations of people in developing areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents methodologies for quantifying the multiple water use benefits from wetlands and case studies from different agro ecologies using these methodologies to help frame appropriate policies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides analysis of the climatic and socioeconomic factors responsible for changes in hydrology of multiple use wetlands in order to help target multiple use water bodies for rehabilitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes implementable models for converting single use water supply systems into multiple use systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071304351984,"sku":"9780128041383","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780128041383_p0.jpg?v=1763639605","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780128041383","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}