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This volume offers an overview of the occurrence and distribution of personal care products in continental and marine waters, presents analytical methods and degradation technologies and discusses their impact on human health. Experts from different disciplines highlight major i…
This volume provides an introduction for flood risk management practitioners, up-to-date methods for analysis of uncertainty and its use in risk-based decision making. It addresses decision making for both short term (real-time forecasting) and long term (flood risk planning und…
So you think the theory of disastrous climate change has been proven? You believe that scientists are united in their efforts to force the nations of the world to reduce their carbon emissions? You imagine perhaps that scientists are far too professionalto overstate their case? …
Wastewater use in irrigated agriculture: confronting the livelihood and environmental real…
by International Development Research Centre (Canada), Scott, Christopher A., (Christopher Anand), International Water Management Institute, Scott, C., Faruqui, Naser I., Raschid-Sally, L., (Liqa)
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"The book will be of significant interest to those working in hydrology, soil science, agricultural engineering, development economics, public health, development studies, urban and peri-urban agriculture, and water resource policies."--Jacket
This volume addresses the use of urban wastewater in agriculture, a centuries old practice that is receiving renewed attention with the increasing scarcity of fresh water resources faced by many arid and semi-arid countries.
It may seem counterintuitive to want bugs in a garden, but insects are indeed valuable garden companions. Especially those species known for eating the bugs that eat plants. Assassin bugs, damsel bugs, and predatory stink bugs are all carnivores that devour the bugs that dine on…
Covering the latest developments in themes related to water disinfection by-products, this book brings the academic and industry researchers right up to date.
This volume of the Bioenergy Plants compendium contains a collection of chapters that focus on the history, economics, and practical sciences related to sugarcane. As one of the key biofuel crops in the world that is under large-scale cultivation, sugarcane is attracting interes…
Explores the rapid changes affecting the Earth's climate and their potential repercussions by examining the latest information on the topic and analyzing the social, political, and economic implications.