Urban subsurface resources and particularly urban groundwater are vulnerable to environmental impacts, and their rational management is of major importance. In this book a multidisciplinary team of specialists and scientists presents innovative process-oriented approaches to the…
Brings together the main topics to be considered when managing transboundary waters. This book raises the awareness of practitioners of the various issues needed to be taken into account when making water management decisions and provides a practically-based overview for advance…
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 o…
Water scarcity is becoming increasingly familiar to us. Although access to water resources is an issue of global concern, arid climates are where necessity begets inventions that may serve as examples for action or prevention across a multitude of climate zones and geographies. …
Featuring the contributions of industrial and academic experts, this volume discusses the fundamental and practical aspects of industrial water treatment
There is not enough water globally for all the things humans need and want water to do for us. Water supply bubbles are bursting in China, the Middle East and India with potentially serious implications for the global economy and for political stability. Even the United States i…
Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been an unprecedented focus upon water as a key factor in the future of both society and environment. Water management lies at the heart of strategies of development as does the added the hazard of climate change. Water Resou…
An objective look at America's rapidly shrinking water supply Once believed to be a problem limited to America's southwest, water shortages are now an issue coast to coast, from New England to California. In Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America, author Susan J. Marks provides…
Drought is one of the likely consequences of climate change in many regions of the world. This book aims to provide a review of the historical occurrence of global drought, during the 20th century and assess the likely potential changes over the 21st century under climate change…
Assesses the fiscal and policy implications for the privatization of water services. This text also evaluates in which scenarios privatization works best, as well as the efficiencies that may be gained by contracting with private water utilities.
