ST MICHAELS, Md., Nov. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pursuing a second career as an international water-resources and flood-management consultant, author Richard W. Paulson discovers many new and interesting insights -- most of which are related to his work -- during his travels to more than twenty countries worldwide. All of his memories, cultural impressions, and personal experiences during that period in his life are detailed in his new book, Consulting Chronicles and Patan Moments, released through Xlibris.
Focusing on the author's consulting assignments, this volume documents the obstacles to providing poor people with water suitable for agricultural and domestic use, while reducing their vulnerability to floods and droughts. The solutions to these problems exist in the developed world; however, religion, culture, history, governance, institutional conflict, and corruption are obstacles to achieving sustainable water-resources solutions in the developing world.
Also included in this book are the author's "Patan moments"-memorable personal experiences in many countries, such as one in Nepal, where he dined with his three new friends in a restaurant overlooking historical Durbar Square.
Documenting his mix of business with pleasure, Paulson dedicates this all-in-one volume, Consulting Chronicles and Patan Moments, to his grandchildren and those considering a second career. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Richard W. Paulson is a consultant to numerous international development organizations and is a former program manager with the United States Government. He specializes in mitigating water-resources and flood-management problems in international river basins, including the Araks and Kura Rivers in the South Caucasus; the Lower Mekong River Basin in Southeast Asia, the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna River Basin in South Asia, the Aral Sea basin in Central Asia, and the Nile River Basin in Africa. He has worked on mitigating similar problems in Romania, Mexico, and Sri Lanka. Mr. Paulson resides with his wife Marion in St Michaels, MD.
Consulting Chronicles And Patan Moments * by Richard W. Paulson
Publication Date: October 7, 2009
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