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CE-824 Water Resources, Economics, Planning and Management
Campus SCEE (NICE)
Programs PG
Session Fall Semester 2016
Course Title Water Resources, Economics, Planning and Management
Course Code CE-824
Credit Hours 3-0
Pre-Requisutes Nill
Course Objectives To provide students with an overview of the planning and management of water resources development, and to develop the economic principles and systems analysis tools to evaluate water resources projects.
Detail Content
  1. Water Resources Development, Planning and Management: An Introduction:-
  2. The Economics of Water: An Introduction:-
  3. The Economics of Water: Pricing and Regulation:-
  4. Fundamental Principles of Engineering Economics:-
  5. Evaluation of Water Resources Projects using Economic Criteria:-
  6. Integrated River Basin Management:-
  7. Optimisation Models for Planning and Operation:-
Text/Ref Books
  1. P. Cassimatis, A Concise Introduction to Engineering Economics. E & FN Spon, London, 1988.
  2. D. A. Hay, and D. J. Morris, Industrial Economics and Organisation, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 1991.
  3. L. D. James, and R. R. Lee, Economics of Water Resources Planning. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1971.
  4. Alvin S. Goodman, Principles of Water Resources Planning, Prentice-Hall, 1984.
  5. Maass et. al. Design of Water Resources Systems, MacMillan, 1968.
  6. M. C. Chaturvedi, Water Resources Systems Planning and Management, Tata McGraw Hill Inc., New Delhi, 1997.
  7. R. K. Linsley, J. B. Franzini, D. L. Freyberg, and G. Tchobanoglous, Water Resources Engineering, 4th edition. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992.
  8. D. P. Loucks, J. R. Stedinger and D. A. Haith, Water Resource Systems Planning and Analysis, Prentice-Hall Inc, Englewood Cliffs, N J, 1981.
  9. L. W. Mays, and Y-K. Tung, Hydrosystems Engineering & Management. McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 1992.
  10. M. Parkin, and D. King, Economics, 2nd edition. Addison Wesley, 1995.
Time Schedule Fall Semester 2015
Faculty/Resource Person Dr. Hamza Farooq, PhD