Holger Benavides Muñoz

The contingent valuation of water is one of the key components when wanting to implement proposals for integrated water management in mountain basins. Management of Hydrological Systems (MHS), is one of the great challenges that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) currently demand. Mainly in mountain basins with fragile ecosystems that face strong pressures such as poverty, urban and population growth, low water supply and sanitation, and climate change. Management of Hydrological Systems aims for sustainable water management, through contingent water valuation, showing the reader in a didactic way the procedure to follow in mountain basins. This book offers a complete characterization of the main problems affecting this type of basin, as well as the detailed procedure of the contingent valuation of water, which directly involves users. As such, this work is offered in relation to this urgent need for practical guidance demanded by society (SDGs), and is based on practical and real examples, rather than theoretical constructions, from places where these issues have not been widely addressed. The text is recommended as a way forward, not only for water resource managers and decision- and policymakers but also for students and teachers who wish to implement this MHS guide.

The contingent valuation of water is one of the key components when wanting to implement proposals for integrated water management in mountain basins. Management of Hydrological Systems (MHS), is one of the great challenges that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) currently demand. Mainly in mountain basins with fragile ecosystems that face strong pressures such as poverty, urban and population growth, low water supply and sanitation, and climate change. Management of Hydrological Systems aims for sustainable water management, through contingent water valuation, showing the reader in a didactic way the procedure to follow in mountain basins. This book offers a complete characterization of the main problems affecting this type of basin, as well as the detailed procedure of the contingent valuation of water, which directly involves users. As such, this work is offered in relation to this urgent need for practical guidance demanded by society (SDGs), and is based on practical and real examples, rather than theoretical constructions, from places where these issues have not been widely addressed. The text is recommended as a way forward, not only for water resource managers and decision- and policymakers but also for students and teachers who wish to implement this MHS guide.

En 1999 le fue otorgado el t tulo de Ingeniero Civil por la Universidad T cnica Particular de Loja (UTPL). En 2005 obtuvo el Certificado Internacional del BID en "Formulaci n y gerencia de proyectos" de la Universidad Polit cnica Nacional (BID-UPN), adem s en el mismo a o le confirieron su t tulo de Maestr a en "Gerencia de proyectos para el desarrollo" en la Escuela Superior Polit cnica del Litoral (ESPOL). Su grado de especialista universitario en "Gesti n urbana del agua" lo obtuvo el 2007 en la Universidad Polit cnica de Valencia (UPV) y obtuvo su t tulo de Doctor en "Ingenier a hidr ulica y medio ambiente" el a o 2010 en la Universidad Polit cnica de Valencia (UPV). Actualmente es docente investigador titular principal de la secci n de Recursos H dricos del Departamento de Geolog a y Minas e Ingenier a Civil en la Universidad T cnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Ha dirigido proyectos de investigaci n relacionados con la eficiencia hidr ulica y energ tica en abastecimientos, gesti n urbana de sistemas de agua, sectorizaci n y balance h drico de redes, detecci n y localizaci n de fugas, dise o econ mico de redes, hidro-generaci n e hidr ulica vial, principalmente.