Water resources
The world faces huge challenges for water as population continues to grow, as emerging economies develop and as climate change alters the global and local water cycle. There are major questions to be answered about how we supply water in a sustainable and safe manner to fulfil our needs, while at the same time protecting vulnerable ecosystems from disaster. Water Resources: An Integrated Approach provides students with a comprehensive overview of both natural and socio-economic processes associ…
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- Full title :Water resources / edited by Joseph Holden.
Summary
The world faces huge challenges for water as population continues to grow, as emerging economies develop and as climate change alters the global and local water cycle. There are major questions to be answered about how we supply water in a sustainable and safe manner to fulfil our needs, while at the same time protecting vulnerable ecosystems from disaster. Water Resources: An Integrated Approach provides students with a comprehensive overview of both natural and socio-economic processes associated with water. The book contains chapters written by 20 specialist contributors, pr.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0203489411, 9780203489413
- oclc:ocn985832457
- LC Classification:TD346
- Dewey Decimal:333.91
Table of Contents
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Water fundamentals; 2 The changing water cycle; 3 River basin hydrology; 4 Surface water quality; 5 Groundwater; 6 Aquatic ecosystems; 7 Water demand planning and management; 8 Water and health; 9 Potable water and wastewater treatment; 10 Water economics; 11 Water conflict, law and governance; 12 The future of water: water footprints and virtual water; Glossary; Index.
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