Handbook of water harvesting and conservation: basic concepts and fundamentals

"Water harvesting is gaining more and more recognition as a sustainable and resilient water supply options. It is economically viable,socially compatible and environmentally friendly. Water harvesting has proven to be a robust solution to overcome or reduce watershortages all over the world. It is important to understand how to apply this practice in a sustainable and effective way to make full useof its potential in a world increasingly threatened by water scarcity.The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals is the most comprehensive, up-to-dateand applied handbook on water harvesting and conservation yet published. The book's 30 chapters -- written by 84 outstandinginternational experts from approximately 20 selected countries faced by drought -- explore, critique and develop concepts and systemsfor water harvesting. The editors bring together many perspectives into a synthesis that is both academically based and practical in itspotential applications.The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals is an important tool for education, researchand technical works in the areas of soil, water and watershed management and is highly useful for drought strategy planning, floodmanagement and developing techniques to adapt to climate change in urban, agricultural, forest and rangeland areas." --Publisher's description.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A Concepts and Standards for a Secure Water Harvesting 1 -- 1 Concept and Technology of Rainwater Harvesting -- Fayez Abdulla, Cealeen Abdulla, and Saeid Eslamian -- 2 Rainwater Harvesting: Recent Developments and Contemporary Measures -- Aline Pires Veról, Marcelo Gomes Miguez, Elaine Garrido Vazquez, Fernanda Rocha Thomaz, Bruna Peres Battemarco, and Assed Naked Haddad -- 3 Standards for Rainwater Catchment Design -- Sisuru Sendanayake and Saeid Eslamian -- 4 Water Security Using Rainwater Harvesting -- Adebayo Eludoyin, Oyenike Eludoyin, Tanimola Martins, Mayowa Oyinloye, and Saeid Eslamian -- Part B Water Harvesting Resources -- 5 Single-Family Home and Building Rainwater Harvesting Systems -- Duygu Erten -- 6 Water Harvesting in Farmlands -- Elena Bresci and Giulio Castelli -- 7 Rainwater Harvesting for Livestock -- Billy Kniffen -- 8 Road Water Harvesting -- Negin Sadeghi and Saeid Eslamian -- Part C Hydroinformatic and Water Harvesting -- 9 Application of RS and GIS for Locating Rainwater Harvesting Structure Systems -- Dhruvesh Patel, Dipak R. Samal, Cristina Prieto, and Saeid Eslamian -- 10 Information Technology in Water Harvesting -- S. Sreenath Kashyap, M.V.V. Pra…