Subject Code: CE6L513 Name: Water Resources Planning and Management L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit: 4

Pre-requisites: None
Introduction to issues in planning and management; Role of water resources systems modelling; Decision support systems (DSS); Simulation models; Optimization methods; Dynamic programming; Application in reservoir operation, etc.; Linear programming; Multi-objective optimization; Modelling uncertainty; Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses; Advances in modelling; Fuzzy optimization-applications in reservoir storage, water quality studies, etc.; Artificial neural networks; Genetic algorithms; Data mining; Flood management; Flood plain modelling; Managing risk; Risk reduction; Decision support and prediction; Reliability-resilience-vulnerability (RRV) analysis; Drought management; Causes, types and impacts; Impact of climate change; Drought monitoring; Drought triggers; S-D-F analysis of droughts using copulas.
Books:

  • Loucks, D. P., and Van Beek, E., Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications, the UNESCO, Paris, 2005.
  • Loucks, D. P., Stedinger, J.R., and Haith, D. A., Water Resources Systems Planning and Analysis, Prentice-Hall, NJ, 1981.
  • Vedula, S., and Mujumdar, P. P., Water Resources Systems: Modelling Techniques and Analysis, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007.
  • Jain, S.K., and Singh, V. P., Water Resources Systems Planning and Management, Developments in Water Science, Vol. 51, Elsevier Science, New York, 2003.
  • Govindaraju, R. S., and Rao, A. R., Artificial Neural Networks in Hydrology, Water Science and Technology Library, Volume 36, Springer Netherlands, 2000.
  • Raju, K. S., and Kumar D. N., Multicriterion Analysis in Engineering and Management, Prentice-Hall, India, 2014.