Background
Pereira, Luis Alberto Santos was born on August 13, 1942 in Elvas, Portugal. Son of Carlos Pereira and Maria Sofia Gonçalves Santos.
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One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water. There is already severe scarcity in many regions of the world, causing tremendous problems for local populations and indeed entire societies. There is insufficient water available for the production of food to alleviate poverty and starvation; the lack of water hampers industrial, urban and tourism development, forcing restrictions on other sectors, especially agriculture; health problems arise as the deterioration of ground and surface waters favours water-borne diseases, which flourish in the absence of decent water distribution and sewerage systems. Water conflicts still arise in areas under stress, while water for nature has become a vanishing priority in such zones. This book is a guide to the establishment of regional and/or local guidelines for developing and implementing new ideas for coping with water scarcity. The basic premise underlying the book is that water scarcity will persist, so personal, human and society-wide skills will be needed to cope with it while living in harmony with the necessary environmental constraints. The book provides basic information to assist decision makers, water managers, engineers, agronomists, social scientists and other professions (and their students) in formulating coherent, hopefully harmonious and consolidated views on the issue. Guidelines are also given for introducing the general public to the concept of water scarcity and how to deal with it.
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The sustainable use of water resources is now of major concern to all economic sectors and regions. Looking ahead to the 21st century, it is clear that initiating and implementing innovative water management programmes will be a major problem, particularly acute for the agricultural sector, which is responsible for more than 80 percent of water demand in the majority of countries. Arid, semi-arid and drought-prone regions will be severely affected, as the potential demand exceeds availability in most countries in the world. Water and Environment addresses imbalances between availability and demand, degradation of surface and ground waters, inter-sectorial, inter-regional and international competition in water management. It covers: * Combating pollution * Environmental impacts on the aquatic biosphere * Water conservation practices * Combined irrigation scheduling * Re-use of return flows * Demand and availability assessment * Forecasting, planning and management * Impacts on global changes * Droughts, floods, natural catastrophies * Emergency measures * Trans-regional and trans-national policies * Organizational and institutional considerations * Case studies Water and Environment is designed to help policy-makers, planners, irrigation engineers, researchers, and postgraduate students specializing in irrigation and canal engineering, water pollution and water quality.
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consultant agricultural engineering educator
Pereira, Luis Alberto Santos was born on August 13, 1942 in Elvas, Portugal. Son of Carlos Pereira and Maria Sofia Gonçalves Santos.
Agricultural engineer, Technology University Lisbon, Portugal, 1969. Postgraduate in hydrology, Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Federal Institute of Technology, Zùrich, Switzerland, 1977.
Habilitation, Technology University Lisbon, 1980.
Director general, Hydraulics and Agricultural Engineering Svc., Lisbon, 1977-1980;
professor agricultural engineering, Technology U. Lisbon, since 1980;
head agricultural engineering department, Technology U. Lisbon, 1983-1994;
director Agricultural Engineering Research Center, Technology U. Lisbon, since 1993. Invited professor agricultural engineering Agronomic Institute, Bari, Italy, since 1987. Private consultant, Lisbon, 1969-1973, 81-83.
Expert consultant United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, Rome, since 1988.
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Member administration 31 de Janeiro School, Parede, Portugal, 1976-1988. Member International Commission Irrigation Drainage (vice president 1987-1990, honorary member 1990, chairman working group 1987-1996, editor special issue 1992, Leadership Acknowledgment award 1997, award of Excellence 2002), Lisbon Academy Engineering (founding member), International Communications Agricultural Engineering (chairman section land and water 1998-2002, president since 2003, Outstanding Contribution award 2000), Italian Association Agricultural Engineering (honorary), Accademia dei Georgofili (correspondent foreign member).
Married Luisa Alice Santos Tavares, July 22, 1965. Children: Luis Fernando, Ana Maria, Tiago, Afonso.