This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the development of concepts and methodology of hydrological sys tems analysis and its wide range of practical applications. Hydrological systems analysis involves the management, processing and interpretation of huge amounts of geoscien tific as well as ecological and historical data of many different types and sources, which can only be handled coherently and efficiently by using interactive geoscientific information systems. Geoscientific information systems as well as flow simulators are integral parts of the methodology. The methodology is clearly explained in the book and ample figures il lustrate the text. The emphasis of the book is on the practical applicability of hydrological systems analysis in integrated water re source management, nature conservation and environmental planning. The compilation of many case-studies, conducted by TNO geohydrologists and others in recent years, included in the book deals with different temporal and spatial scales and various geohydrological settings in The Netherlands, Poland, the European Union as well as in Indonesia. These case studies underpin the strength and elegance of hydrological systems analysis.

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This book presents a methodology for regional hydrological systems analysis which has been widely tested and applied in analyzing and solving a wide spectrum of national, regional and local water resources inventory and management problems, especially in the densely populated and heavily polluted Netherlands. It deals with the close relationships between land use, groundwater recharge, vegetation patterns, groundwater flow systems, water quality and surface water networks. br/ Modelling of groundwater flow systems, hydrochemical analysis and data processing and application of GIS are integrated for planning and management of water resources.

Inhalt
1 General Concepts.- 1 / Stages in the Development of Water Resources Management.- 2 / Introduction to Flow Systems.- 3 / REGISPRO, A Geohydrological Information System.- 4 / Ecotope Typologies, Ecotope Groups of Plant Species and Ecotope Protection and -Restoration in Hydrological Systems Analysis.- 5 / Modelling Groundwater Flow Systems.- 6 / Groundwater Flow Systems and Hydrocarbon Migration.- 2 Case Studies.- 7 / Major Types of Hydrological Systems in the Netherlands.- 8 / National Hydrological Systems Analysis in the Netherlands.- 9 / Numerical Modelling of Groundwater Flow Systems; A Case Study in the SE Part of the Netherlands.- 10 / Hydrological Systems Analysis of the Lake Ijssel Area.- 11 / Regional Hydrological Systems Analysis Twente.- 12 / Eco-Hydrological Systems Analysis and the Protection and Restoration of Wetland Ecosystems on the Twente/Regge Catchment.- 13 / Hydrological Systems Analysis Dinkel Valley/Borne Creek.- 14 / Optimisation of Water Management in the Wierden Area.- 15 / Groundwater Situation Drenthe.- 16 / Types of Hydrological Systems in the Major Geological/Physiographic Terranes in Poland.- 17 / Design of A Pilot Monitoring Network System for Groundwater in the Upper Notec Catchment in Poland.- 18 / Regional Hydrological Systems Analysis and Water Systems Management at European Scale.- 19 / Regional Hydrological Systems Analysis in the Northern Coastal Plain of Java, Indonesia.- Author Index.- Color Plates.