Management of Hydrological Systems: Analysis and perspective of the contingent valuation of water for mountain basins

ISBN-13: 9780367456559 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 128 str.

Holger Manuel Benavides Munoz; Jorge Eugenio Arias Zari; Andreas Erwin Fries

Opis

Management of Hydrological Systems aims for sustainable water management, through contingent water valuation, showing the reader in a didactic way the procedure to follow in mountain basins. The text is recommended not only for water resource managers and decision- and policymakers but also for students and teachers.

Spis treści

1: INTRODUCTION1.1 Justification and problems1.2 Objectives1.3 Hypothesis2: BASELINE OF STUDY2.1 Hydrological system2.2 Climate of Ecuador2.3 Climate of Loja City2.4 Solar radiation2.5 Air temperature2.6 Potential evapotranspiration2.7 Relative humidity2.8 Precipitation2.9 Hydrologic balance2.10 Case of hydrological study2.11 Hydrological-hydraulic study and risk of flooding in Zamora-Huayco basin2.12 Soil erosion3: MARKET STUDY ON DRINKING WATER3.1 Universe and samples in market studies3.2 Characteristics of surveys applied in market studies4: CONTINGENT VALUATION OF THE WATER SERVICE4.1 Independent variables (categorical and continuous) versus the dependent variables 4.2 Financial - environmental evaluation5.CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS5.1 Environmental Problems in the Southern Region of Ecuador5.2 Demand for water and El Carmen and San Simón micro-basins5.3 Perspectives on the natural environment6: CLIMATE CHANGE6.1 General overview6.2 Climate Change in Loja City7: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS7.1 Conclusions7.2 RecommendationsBibliographyAnnexes