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Author : Gregory Wayne Currey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Evolution of Water Supply Mechanisms to Reflect Changing Values written by Gregory Wayne Currey and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen A. Thompson
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080520820
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Water Use, Management, and Planning in the United States written by Stephen A. Thompson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water Use Management, and Planning in the United States is designed with new college classes on water resources in mind. It provides information on hydrology, biology, geology, economics, and geography along with historical water policies and regional regulations. The text reflects the transdisciplinary nature of water resources management, moving between descriptive discussions and quantitative analysis to bridge the social and physical sciences. Also providedare frequent case studies and examples to illustrate real-world applications, and includes sidebars throughout to reinforce major points. This book is a result of the authors years of teaching, giving a prescription for an intelligent integrated systemsapproach to water resources management. - Classroom tested - Quantitative analyses are accompanied by worked examples - Frequent case studies highlight important applications - Sidebars reinforce major points and provide parenthetical information
Author : Junsheng Nie
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813725070
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Uplift Mechanisms and the History of the Tibetan Plateau written by Junsheng Nie and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2014 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing provided
Author : T. Franks
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482294974
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Water: Economics, Management and Demand written by T. Franks and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is often seen as a free commodity. However, this is rarely the case as demand for water is increasing significantly across the world. This book focuses on the key roles of irrigaiton and drainage in the debate on water. Irrigation is a major player in the demand for water and already accounts for between 70-80% of the total world consumption.
Author : Tony Allan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190669802
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society written by Tony Allan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food, water and society: what is managed by whom, and with what impacts? Our food supply chains are at risk. Water resources--sometimes scarce, often damaged, and always under-valued--are among the major reasons why food and water security rank high every year in the World Economic Forum's major global risk analysis. A stable and sustainable food system is critical to society's survival. This Handbook shows that keeping the food system stable comes at the expense of the environment, especially of water resources and those who consume and manage them. The way the food system operates reflects hard political realities. Rather than pay for the environmental costs of sustainable production, society expects food at ever lower prices. Governments reflect their electorates in this regard. Given that farm production may account for as little as 10% of the food value chain in wealthy economies, it is striking that governments have been unwilling (or unable) to put in place the essential laws and accountability that would enable famers to ensure both production and stewardship. Corporate food traders, food manufacturers, and retailers on the other hand operate in markets that make profits and pay taxes. But these corporations are not contractually bound to utilize highly nutritious, sustainably produced food commodities. The articles in this Oxford Handbook have been written by water and food system scientists and professionals, including farmers, rarely heard voices who understand the problems of food producers, food manufacturers, and regulating markets and public policy. The articles address the blind spots of society and its public policymakers, demonstrating the importance of informing society about the consequences of its food preferences and the heroic challenges it is beginning to face. The damage we are doing to our water and soil ecosystems is as important as the damage we do to the atmosphere. Impressed by the technical and organizational advances of the past two centuries, the contributors featured in this book also take note of where economic inefficiencies and cultural deadlock in a 4,000 year old system are putting our critical food supply chains at risk.
Author : Enriqueta Barrera
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 9780813723327
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (233 download)
Download or read book Evolution of the Cretaceous Ocean-climate System written by Enriqueta Barrera and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Bournaris
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482238403
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Economics of Water Management in Agriculture written by Thomas Bournaris and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes a set of papers from distinguished scholars who critically examine economic issues relating to the relationship between water and agriculture, with a special focus on irrigation. Employing state of the art methodologies, they address the most relevant issues in water policy. The volume offers a wide spectrum of innovative approac
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Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782831705781
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Vision for Water and Nature written by and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2000 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : IUCN Canada
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782831705750
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Vision for Water and Nature written by IUCN Canada and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vision for Water and Nature is the "environment and ecosystems" component of the World Water Vision exercise of the World Water Council. It represents the first meaningful attempt to fully integrate environment issues into the development of a comprehensive strategy for water resource management at the global level. The vision was developed by IUCN through an extensive consultation effort based on three thematic workshops on freshwater ecosystem management and social, economic and environmental security, respectively. Instead of considering the environment as one of many water management sub-sectors, IUCN's consultations led it to emphasize the crucial role of ecosystems as the basis of our life support systems, without which security cannot be achieved and sustained. The vision also proposes a plan of action to help us achieve the sustainable world we envision in 2025.
Author : Emma S. Norman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135040206
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Governing Transboundary Waters written by Emma S. Norman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Political Geography Specialty Group's 2015 Julian Minghi Distinguished Book Award! With almost the entire world’s water basins crossing political borders of some kind, understanding how to cooperate with one’s neighbor is of global relevance. For Indigenous communities, whose traditional homelands may predate and challenge the current borders, and whose relationship to water sources are linked to the protection of traditional lifeways (or ‘ways of life’), transboundary water governance is deeply political. This book explores the nuances of transboundary water governance through an in-depth examination of the Canada-US border, with an emphasis on the leadership of Indigenous actors (First Nations and Native Americans). The inclusion of this "third sovereign" in the discussion of Canada-U.S. relations provides an important avenue to challenge borders as fixed, both in terms of natural resource governance and citizenship, and highlights the role of non-state actors in charting new territory in water governance. The volume widens the conversation to provide a rich analysis of the cultural politics of transboundary water governance. In this context, the book explores the issue of what makes a good up-stream neighbor and analyzes the rescaling of transboundary water governance. Through narrative, the book explores how these governance mechanisms are linked to wider issues of environmental justice, decolonization, and self-determination. To highlight the changing patterns of water governance, it focuses on six case studies that grapple with transboundary water issues at different scales and with different constructions of border politics, from the Pacific coastline to the Great Lakes.
Author : Nick van de Giesen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Changes in Water Resources Systems written by Nick van de Giesen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a good sample of the many issues that are dealt with in the context of IWRM.
Author : UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231004344
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The United Nations World Water Development Report written by UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is a finite and non-substitutable resource. As the foundation of life, societies and economies, it carries multiple values and benefits. But unlike most other natural resources, it has proven extremely difficult to determine its true 'value'. The 2021 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report, titled "Valuing Water" assesses the current status of and challenges to the valuation of water across different sectors and perspectives and identifies ways in which valuation can be promoted as a tool to help improve its management and achieve global sustainable development.
Author : Theodore Panayotou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134181531
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Instruments of Change written by Theodore Panayotou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instruments of Change examines the use of incentive systems and improved institutional arrangements to protect the environment and conserve natural resources, as a means towards sustainable development.
Author : Úrsula Oswald Spring
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642054323
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Water Resources in Mexico written by Úrsula Oswald Spring and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-26 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. Water stress rises due to physical and economic stress. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team analyzes hydrological processes in basins and their interaction with climate, soil and biota. Competing water use in agriculture, industry and domestic needs require savings, decontamination processes and desalination to satisfy the growing demand. Water quality affects health and ecosystems. This creates conflicts and cooperation that may be enhanced by public policy, institution building and social organization.
Author : Julia Martin-Ortega
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316300811
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Water Ecosystem Services written by Julia Martin-Ortega and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume describes how ecosystem services-based approaches can assist in addressing major global and regional water challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water security in the developing world, by integrating scientific knowledge from different disciplines, such as hydrological modelling, environmental economics, psychology and international law. Empirical assessments at the national, catchment and regional levels are used to critically appraise this systemic approach, and the merits and potential limitations are presented. The practicalities of this approach with regard to water resources management, nature conservation, and sustainable business practices are discussed, and the role of society in underpinning the concept of ecosystem services is explored. Presenting new insights and perspectives on how to shape future strategies, this contributory volume is a valuable reference for researchers, academics, students and policy makers, in environmental studies, hydrology, water resource management, ecology, environmental law, policy and economics, and conservation biology.
Author : Vasileios A. Tzanakakis
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039433067
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Water Supply and Water Scarcity written by Vasileios A. Tzanakakis and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book includes selected papers that has been published in the Water journal Special Issue (SI) on Water Supply and Water Scarcity. Moreover, an overview of the SI is included. The papers selected for publication in the SI include review and research papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harvesting, on water quality and degradation, and on climatic variability impacts on water resources. Overall, the issue identify and highlight the main challenges in water sector, and particularly in management and protection of water resources and in use of alternative (non-conventional) water resources, especially in areas with demographic change and climate vulnerability in order to achieve sustainable and secure water supply. Furthermore, general guidelines and possible solutions for an improved and sophisticated water management system are proposed and discussed, such as the adoption of advanced technological solutions and practices that improve water-use efficiency and the use of alternative water resources, to address the growing environmental and health issues and to reduce the emerging conflicts among water users.
Author : Jia'en Lin
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819704642
Total Pages : 953 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)
Download or read book Proceedings of the International Field Exploration and Development Conference 2023 written by Jia'en Lin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zusammenfassung: This book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR, ultra-tight reservoir, unconventional oil and gas resources technology, oil and gas well production testing, and geomechanics. This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 13th International Field Exploration and Development Conference (IFEDC 2023). The conference not only provides a platform to exchanges experience, but also promotes the development of scientific research in oil & gas exploration and production. The main audience for the work includes reservoir engineer, geological engineer, enterprise managers, senior engineers as well as students
