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  • Water Resources Systems Planning and Management
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    Water Resources Systems Planning and Management

    Daniel P. Loucks, Eelco van Beek, Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P.M. Dijkman, Monique T. Villars,

    Within the Netherlands, as in much of the world, the quality of our lives is directly related to the quality of our natural environment – our air, land and water resources. We consider a quality environment crucial to human health and economic and social development as well as for ecosystem preservation and diversity. How well we manage our natural resources today will determine just how well these resources will serve our descendants and us. Hence, we care much about the management of these resources, especially our water resources. Many of us in the Netherlands are living in areas that exist only because of the successful efforts of our past water engineers, planners and managers. Managing water in ways that best meet all our diverse needs for water and its protection, including the needs of natural ecosystems, is absolutely essential. But in spite of our knowledge and experience, we Dutch, as others throughout the world, still experience droughts, floods and water pollution. These adverse impacts are not unique to us here in Europe. In too many other regions of this world the need for improved water management is much more critical and much more urgent. Too many people, especially children, suffer each day because of the lack of it.