Integrated Management of Water Resources in India: A Computational Approach: Optimizing for Sustainability and Planning

這本書探討了印度水資源管理的複雜性。利用計算工具，提供了關於水資源供應、需求、氣候變化、整合管理和治理的全面資訊。這是研究人員、政策制定者和水資源管理者必讀的書籍。

這本書的結構旨在提供對印度水資源的整體理解，以及對其管理需要整合方法的需求。它探討了水資源管理的各個方面，包括數據收集和分析、水分配和規劃、水質管理，以及水-能源-食物關聯性中的複雜相互依賴關係。這本書的一個重點是在水資源管理中應用計算方法。我們探討了使用先進的建模、模擬和優化技術來促進決策、評估水資源供應和預測未來情景。通過應用計算工具，我們的目標是彌合理論概念與實際實施之間的差距，使水資源管理者、政策制定者、研究人員和其他利益相關者能夠做出明智有效的決策。

在整本書中，我們提供了在印度不同水資源管理情景中應用計算方法的案例研究。這些案例研究提供了有關現實挑戰的寶貴信息，並展示了計算技術應對複雜水資源問題的潛力。我們還探討了利益相關者參與、參與式方法和協作治理模式的重要性，認識到包容性決策過程和本地知識在實現可持續水資源管理中的重要性。這本書預計對印度的水資源管理相關的學生、研究人員、專業人士和政策制定者提供寶貴的資源。我們的目標是為確保現在和未來世代有足夠乾淨的水資源的持續努力做出貢獻。

Akhilesh Kumar Yadav Ph.D., MIE, earned a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut, India. He then obtained a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Environmental Engineering from Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur, India (affiliated with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow). His doctoral degree, with a research focus on air pollution, was awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. Dr. Yadav has served at various institutions, including the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Mumbai, India (as a research collaborator) and Chaoyang University of Technology in Taichung, Taiwan. He has authored/co-authored several research and review articles, book chapters, and edited/authored books, and holds a patent.

Dr. Yadav received the Young Engineer Award from the Institution of Engineers (India) and the Young Scientist Award from VDGOOD Technology Factory, Kolkata. His research interests include air, water, and soil pollution; climate change; vulnerability; human health risk assessments; and GIS applications in environmental pollution and management. He is an active member of several reputed international professional bodies, including the IEI (Kolkata), ECI (New Delhi), AEACI (Mumbai), MSI (New Delhi), and IASTA (Mumbai).

Kanchan Yadav Ph.D. has experience in research writing, data analysis, study design, and methodology. She currently holds the position of Program Coordinator at Progressive Foundation, where she is responsible for overseeing and executing programs in the fields of Public Health and Education. Prior to this, she served as a Research Associate specializing in the utilization of microwave technology for the management of hospital waste and the purification of water while retaining precious minerals. Furthermore, she has served as the Research Director for a project in collaboration with the Government of India, focusing on adherence of tuberculosis medications. She has authored numerous research pieces that have been published in peer-reviewed journals and international conference proceedings.

Vijay P. Singh Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Eng. (Hon.), Ph.D. (Hon.), P.E., P.H., Hon.D.WRE, Dist.M. ASCE, Dist.Hon. M. IWRA, Dist.F. AGGS, Hon. Member AWRA, NAE, holds Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering and is Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor, Department of Biological, and Agricultural Engineering, and Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He has been recognized for four decades of leadership in research, teaching, and service to the hydrologic and water resources engineering profession. His contribution to the state of the art has been significant in many different specialty areas, including hydrologic science and engineering, hydraulic engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, irrigation science, soil and water conservation engineering, entropy-based modeling, copula-based modeling, and mathematical modeling. His extensive publications in these areas include 32 textbooks, 1425 refereed journal articles, 115 book chapters, 330 conference proceedings papers, and 72 technical reports.

For his seminal contributions, he has been honored with more than 105 national/international awards from professional organizations. As a sample, he is a recipient of the Arid Land Hydraulic Engineering Award, Ven Te Chow Award, Torrens Award, Norma Medal, Lifetime Achievement Award, and OPAL Award, all given by ASCE. He was awarded the Ray K. Linsley Award for outstanding contributions to surface water hydrology and the Founders Award of AIH. He has been awarded three honorary doctorates. He is a fellow of ASCE, AWRA, IE, ISAE, IWRS, IASWC, and IAH; a member of AGU, IAHR, IAHS, and WASER. He is a member/fellow of 12 engineering/science academies. He is licensed as Professional Engineer (PE), Professional Hydrologist (PH), and Honorary Diplomate, AAWRE.

阿基列什·庫馬爾·亞達夫博士，MIE，獲得印度梅爾特查德哈里·查蘭辛格大學的電子與通信工程學士學位（B.Tech.）。然後他在印度戈拉克普爾的馬丹·莫漢·馬拉維亞工程學院（隸屬於拉克瑪·巴拉克里什南技術大學）獲得了環境工程的碩士學位（M.Tech.）。他的博士學位以空氣污染為研究重點，由印度理工學院（BHU）瓦拉納西分校頒發。亞達夫博士曾在多個機構任職，包括印度理工學院（班拉斯印度大學）瓦拉納西分校、印度理工學院孟買分校、孟買巴巴原子能研究中心（作為研究合作者）和台中朝陽科技大學。他撰寫/合著了多篇研究和評論文章、專書章節，並擁有一項專利。

亞達夫博士獲得了印度工程師學會的青年工程師獎和VDGOOD科技工廠加爾各答的青年科學家獎。他的研究興趣包括空氣、水和土壤污染、氣候變化、脆弱性、人類健康風險評估以及地理信息系統在環境污染和管理中的應用。他是多個國際知名專業組織的活躍成員，包括IEI（加爾各答）、ECI（新德里）、AEACI（孟買）、MSI（新德里）和IASTA（孟買）。

康詹·亞達夫博士擁有研究寫作、數據分析、研究設計和方法論方面的經驗。她目前擔任Progressive Foundation的項目協調員，負責監督和執行公共衛生和教育領域的項目。在此之前，她曾擔任研究助理，專門研究微波技術在醫院廢物管理和水質凈化中的應用，同時保留寶貴礦物質。此外，她還擔任與印度政府合作的項目的研究主任，該項目關注結核病藥物的依從性。她撰寫了許多研究論文，並發表在同行評審的期刊和國際會議文集中。

維傑·P·辛格博士，D.Sc.，D.Eng.（榮譽），Ph.D.（榮譽），P.E.，P.H.，Hon.D.WRE，Dist.M. ASCE，Dist.Hon. M. IWRA，Dist.F. AGGS，Hon. Member AWRA，NAE，擔任德克薩斯A＆M大學的水工程卡羅琳和威廉N.勒爾爵士著名講座教授，並擔任生物和農業工程系以及扎赫里土木與環境工程系的傑出教授和校董教授。他在水文學和水資源工程專業領域的研究、教學和服務方面擔任領導職務已有四十年。他在許多不同的專業領域，包括水文科學和工程、水力工程、水資源工程、環境工程、灌溉科學、土壤和水資源保護工程、基於熵的建模、基於copula的建模和數學建模方面的貢獻都非常重要。他在這些領域的廣泛出版物包括32本教科書、1425篇經同行評審的期刊文章、115篇專書章節、330篇會議論文和72份技術報告。

他因其開創性的貢獻而獲得了超過105個來自專業組織的國家/國際獎項。作為一個例子，他曾獲得ASCE頒發的沙漠地區水力工程獎、Ven Te Chow獎、Torrens獎、Norma獎、終身成就獎和OPAL獎。他曾獲得過三個榮譽博士學位。他是ASCE、AWRA、IE、ISAE、IWRS的會士。