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Environmental Assessment of Patagonia's Water Resources
This book presents contributions devoted to the hydrogeochemical characterization of aquatic environments of Patagonia, including those of Ushuaia city, known as "The southernmost city in the world". Patagonia (between 39° and 55° S) is located in southern South America. Eight main river systems pour their waters into the SW Atlantic Ocean. Rivers, with their headwaters mainly located in the…
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- 978-3-030-89676-8
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- xiv, 344p.:ill
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- AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series
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- 553.7 Env
Salt-affected Soils and Marginal Waters
This book presents systematic scientific appraisal, classification, genesis and viable technologies for reclamation and management of salt-affected soils and marginal quality waters across India and several other countries. Nature, solubility and geo-chemical mobility of salts have been provided as basis for the development of alkali and saline soils and groundwaters under specific agro-hydro-e…
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- 978-3-030-78435-5
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- xxii, 714p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Chh s
Sustainable Materials and Systems for Water Desalination
This edited book explores the most promising and reliable technological developments expected to impact on the next generation of desalination systems. The book includes research studies which takes the reader on a fascinating walk through the multidisciplinary world of membrane science applied to water treatment. Concerning the ultimate technological advancement, the book seeks to investigate …
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- 978-3-030-72873-1
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- vi, 254p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Sus
Advanced Magnetic Adsorbents for Water Treatment
Tropical cyclones in Southern Africa, also known as hurricanes or typhoons in other regions of the world, is a hot subject for academic research. This focus has been magnified by the need to consider tropical cyclones in the context of other global development agendas, that includes the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its inseparable 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Pari…
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- 978-3-030-64092-7
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- xvi, 501p.:ill
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- 553.7 Adv
Water Resources Management and Reservoir Operation
This book explores many recent techniques including ANN, fuzzy logic, hydraulic models and IWRM utilized for integrated water resources management, a real challenge in India for obtaining high irrigation efficiency. The book deals with topics of current interest, such as climate change, floods, drought, and hydrological extremes. The impact of climate change on water resources is drawing wor…
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- 978-3-030-79400-2
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- X, 288p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Water Science and Technology Library
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- 553.7 Wat
Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
This book is a contribution by the presenters of the 2020 International Conference on the Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The Nile basin is facing unprecedented level of water right challenges after the construction of GERD has begun. Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have struggled to narrow their differences on filling and operation of the GERD. The need for science and data-based di…
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- 978-3-030-76437-1
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- IX, 525p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Nil
Towards Water Secure Societies
This book describes the water security challenges with focus on water scarcity and quality in our rapidly changing world. Achieving water security is essential to promoting economic and social development, as well as resource sustainability and ecosystem integrity. Questions of water security are central to recent global agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agr…
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- 978-3-030-50653-7
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- XIII, 200p.:Ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Tow
Changjiang Riverine and Estuarine Hydro-morphodynamic Processes
This book provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the morphodynamic process of the Changjiang River from upstream to estuary in the Anthropocene. As the longest river in China, the Changjiang River has nurtured Chinese civilization with ample natural resources for thousands of years. Evidence highlights that the Changjiang River has experienced intensive human interference and indic…
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- 978-981-16-3771-1
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- xxl, 358p.:ill
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- 553.7 Dai c
The Ganges
‘The Ganges: Cultural, Economic, and Environmental Importance’ is a geographical, cultural, economic, and environmental interpretation of the Ganga River. The Ganga River originates from Gaumukh- situated in the high Himalaya, flows through the world’s biggest fertile alluvial plain, and inlets into the Bay of Bengal at Ganga Sagar. It makes a unique natural and cultural landscape and is …
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- 978-3-030-79117-9
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- xxv, 164p.:ill
- Series Title
- Springer Geography
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- 553.7 Sat t
Water Safety, Security and Sustainability
This book focuses on threats, especially contaminants, to drinking water and the supply system, especially in municipalities but also in industrial and even residential settings. The safety, security, and suitability landscape can be described as dynamic and complex stemming from necessity and hence culpability due to the emerging threats and risks, vis-a-vis globalization resulting in new form…
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- 978-3-030-76008-3
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- xxv, 725p.:ill
- Series Title
- Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
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- 553.7 Adv
Innovations in Sustainable Mining
This book explores sustainable mining knowledge, assessing researchers on the impacts of waste and new approaches to negotiating these impacts. Mining has always been a profitable venture; however, it comes with several boons and banes. The significant advantages of mining include employment generation, the establishment of townships and trade centers, and socio-economic growth. However, the mi…
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- 978-3-030-73796-2
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- xvii, 250p.:ill
- Series Title
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Library
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- 553.7 Inn
Integrated Approaches Towards Solid Waste Management
In the developing countries, pollution through solid waste, sludge from water and wastewater treatment plants and pollution of natural water resources have become one of the grave issues. The root cause is population explosion, industrialization, urbanization and other anthropogenic activities. The increase rate of solid waste has become a major challenge for sustainable development of the en…
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- 978-3-030-70463-6
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- x, 334p.:ill
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- 553.7 Int
Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region
This book addresses the various challenges in achieving sustainable groundwater development, management, and planning in semi-arid regions, with a focus on India, and discusses advanced remote sensing and GIS techniques for the estimation and management of groundwater resources. The book is timely as there is a need for a better understanding of the various tools and methods required to efficie…
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- 978-3-030-68124-1
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- xiv, 571p.:ill
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- 553.7 Gro
Essential Tools for Water Resources Analysis, Planning, and Management
This book describes concepts and tools needed for water resources management, including methods for modeling, simulation, optimization, big data analysis, data mining, remote sensing, geographical information system, game theory, conflict resolution, System dynamics, agent-based models, multiobjective, multicriteria, and multiattribute decision making and risk and uncertainty analysis, for bett…
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- 978-981-33-4295-8
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- vi, 343p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Ess
Water Resource Management in Central Asia and Afghanistan
The book provides a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of development-directed investigations in the main rivers of wider Central Asia and Afghanistan. The book highlights the development of river systems, water reservoirs, ecosystems and risks as well as the impact of climate change on water resources in Central Asian countries and Afghanistan. It provides information on the genesis of riv…
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- 978-3-030-68337-5
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- vii, 193p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Wat
Water Law, Policy and Economics in Italy
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the most important water-related issues that centre on Italy, analysed from several disciplinary perspectives – such as hydrology, economics, law, sociology, environmental sciences and policy studies – in order to promote full understanding of the challenges the country is facing and the ways it could best tackle them. Despite the mi…
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- 978-3-030-69075-5
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- xxv, 508p.:ill
- Series Title
- Global Issues in Water Policy
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- 553.7 Wat
Water Governance and Management in India
This book, the second volume in the series, continues to raise contextual issues and presents perspectives regarding multifaceted challenges in management and governance of water in India. This volume attempts to broad base and expand the dialogue started in the first volume and would touch upon issues that need immediate discussion but have been left unattended like politics and management of …
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- 1 volume 2
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- 978-981-16-1472-9
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- xiii, 188p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Water Resources Development and Management
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- 553.7 Wat
The Water–Energy–Food Nexus
Water, Energy and Food are the very basic necessities of human life and all the three of them are interconnected with each other, this connection being called the Water-Energy-Food nexus. Water is an inevitable element to energy and food systems to work. Water is essential for the growth of crops and produce energy and it consumes a lot of energy to treat and move water. Food and energy are equ…
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- 978-981-16-0239-9
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- ix, 216p.:ill
- Series Title
- Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
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- 553.7 The
Emerging Contaminants Vol. 2
Emerging contaminants are chemical and biological agents for which there is growing concern about their potential health and environmental effects. The threat lies in the fact that the sources, fate and toxicology of most of these compounds have not yet been studied. Emerging contaminants, therefore, include a large number of both recently discovered and well-known compounds such as rare earth …
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- 978-3-030-69090-8
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- xvi, 401p.:ill
- Series Title
- Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
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- 553.7 Eme
Sustainable Climate Action and Water Management
This book discusses various issues relating to water resources, climate change and sustainable development. Water is the main driving force behind three major pillars of sustainable development: environmental, social and economic. As stated in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, development of these pillars rests on the availability and management of resources to fulfill the deman…
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- 978-981-15-8237-0
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- xxi, 342p.:ill
- Series Title
- Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences
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- 553.7 Sus
Sustainable Bioconversion of Waste to Value Added Products
This edited book discusses various processes of feedstocks bioconversion such as bioconversion of food waste, human manure, industrial waste, beverage waste, kitchen waste, organic waste, fruit and vegetable, poultry waste, solid waste, agro-industrial waste, cow dung, steroid, lignocellulosic residue, biomass, natural gas etc. Nowadays, the industrial revolution and urbanization have made h…
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- 978-3-030-61837-7
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- vi, 393p.:ill
- Series Title
- Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation
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- 553.7 Sus
Development and Implementation of Ship BWMS
This book introduces the components and principles of the common ballast management systems. The working principles of different filtration, cleaning and sterilizing equipment are also introduced. The calculation norm of the construction design and the calculation method of simulation are described. Besides, different aspects of system management are analyzed. The principle of various detecting…
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- 978-981-33-6865-1
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- ix, 285p.:Ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Che d
Water Pollution and Management Practices
Water pollution is a matter of concern for both developing and developed parts of the world. This book presents an overview on water pollution and its sustainable management. The book discusses the fundamental aspects of water pollution as well as advanced sustainable technologies for abating water pollution. It is a comprehensive collection of information related with water pollutants which ar…
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- 978-981-15-8358-2
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- xvi, 331p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Wat
Water Science and Sustainability
This book describes the importance of water resources for socio-economic and ecological development including geomorphic and ecological environments. Hence, conservation, management and development of water resources have become necessary for the all-around development of global populations and the environment. It is the outcome of valuable contributions made by eminent scientists and research …
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- 978-3-030-57488-8
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- xiv, 255p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Wat
Water Pollution and Remediation: Photocatalysis
In the context of climate change and fossil fuel pollution, solar energy appears as a cheap and sustainable fuel for many environmental applications, yet the efficiency of techniques has to be improved. This book reviews recent methods and applications of photocatalysis for the treatment of wastewater containing bacteria, heavy metals, organic pollutants, dyes and tannery effluents. Basics of w…
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- 978-3-030-54723-3
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- xv, 438p.:ill
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- Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
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- 577.6 Wat
Advances in Geoethics and Groundwater Management : Theory and Practice for a …
This book gathers the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 1st congress on Geoethics & Groundwater Management (GEOETH&GWM'20), held in Porto, Portugal, in an online format on 18-22 May 2020. Hosted in School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto based on Porto city (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the international conference focused on what has now been dubbed “hydrogeoethics”, a novel tr…
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- 978-3-030-59320-9
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- XLV, 523p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Adv
Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources
This book provides insights and a capacity to understand the climate change phenomenon, its impact on water resources, and possible remedial measures. The impact of climate change on water resources is a global issue and cause for concern. Water resources in many countries are extremely stressed, and climate change along with burgeoning populations, the rise in living standards, and increasing …
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- 978-3-030-64202-0
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- xvi, 551p.:ill
- Series Title
- Water Science and Technology Library
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- 553.7 Cli
Groundwater and Society
This volume advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related to groundwater resource management, mapping, monitoring, and modelling using up-to-date remote sensing and GIS techniques. The book further provides a critical analysis of the debates and discourses surrounding groundwater resources and society, illustrates the relationship between…
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- 978-3-030-64136-8
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- xvi, 534p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Gro
Marine Pollution and Climate Change
This book presents a broad overview of pollution issues facing climatic, economic, and legal globalization. Topics include changes in oceans from ancient times to the present, the importance of marine currents and changing climates, marine pollution linked to climate change (fossil fuels, global carbon dioxide, heavy metals, pesticides, plastics, emerging pollutants, and marine debris), global …
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- 978-1-315-11924-3
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- 336 p
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- -
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- 577.27 MAR
Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt: Dakhla Oasis
This book is a multidisciplinary manuscript bringing together contributions on water issues from natural and social scientists focused on water management and structures in a challenging environmental situation such as Dakhla Oasis in Egypt's western desert. The authors of this book are relevant scientists in hydrology, geology, remote sensing, agriculture, history, and sociology. It is devoted…
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- 978-3-030-64005-7
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- viii, 298p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Sus
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