Water Engineering and Management through Time : Learning from History (Hardcover)

Forward - Fernando Moreno, General Director. Aqualia. Spain

Preface - Enrique Cabrera, Francisco Arregui, Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain.

PART A.- INTRODUCTION

Water engineering and management through time. Learning from the history

Enrique Cabrera, Francisco Arregui, Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain.

PART B.- WATER ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH TIME

Water engineering and management in the early Bronze Age civilizations

Pierre Louis Viollet. Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, France

Water engineering and management in ancient Egypt

Larry Mays. Arizona State University, USA

Water engineering and management in the classic civilizations

Ing. Henning Fahlbusch. University of Applied Sciences, Lubeck, Germany

Water engineering and management in al-Andalus

Jose Roldan. Universidad de Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Hydraulic advances in the 19th and 20th centuries: From Navier over Prandtl into the future

Willi H. Hager. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Zurich, Switzerland

PART C.- THE GREAT CHALLENGES OF WATER IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Water, History and Sustainability, a trinomial complex to harmonise in Mediterranean countries

Concepcion Bru. Universidad de Alicante, Spain; Enrique Cabrera. Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain.

Water and agriculture. Present and future trends.

Martin Sevilla. Universidad de Alicante, Spain

Water and the City in the 21st century. A panoramic vision

Steve Buchberger. University of Cincinnati, USA; Enrique Cabrera. Universidad Politecnica. Valencia. Spain.

European water research: from past to future trends

Avelino Gonzalez. European Commission. Brussels, Belgium.

The interdisciplinary challenge in water policy: The case of "water governance"

Jose Esteban Castro. University of Newcastle. United Kingdom

The future of water management: the case for lon ?range interconnections.

Michele Fanelli. Water Engineering Consultant, Milano, Italy

Water Resources in Developing Countries: The Millennium Development Goals in the 21st century

Carlos Fernandez- Jauregui. Water Assessment&Advisory Global Network. Spain.

Water challenges in the 21st century

Philip Burgi. Water Resources Consultant, Colorado, USA

PART D.- CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions

Enrique Hernandez. Aqualia. Spain