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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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- 1
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- 978-3-030-73796-2
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- xvii, 250p.:ill
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- 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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- -
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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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- 1
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- 978-3-030-68124-1
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- xiv, 571p.:ill
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- -
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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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- 1
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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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- 1
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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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- 1
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- 978-981-16-0239-9
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- ix, 216p.:ill
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- 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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- 1
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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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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 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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- 1
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- 978-3-030-61837-7
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- vi, 393p.:ill
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- 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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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 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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- 1
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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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- 1
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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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- 1st
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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
Riverine Ecology Volume 1
This book is part of a two-volume set that offers an innovative approach towards developing methods and tools for assigning conservation categories of threatened taxa and their conservation strategies by way of different phases of eco-restoration in the context of freshwater river systems of tropical bio-geographic zones. The set provides a considerable volume of research on the biodiversity co…
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- 1 Volume 1
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- 978-3-030-53897-2
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- xxxiii, 566p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Cha r
Riverine Ecology Volume 2
This book is part of a two-volume set that offers an innovative approach towards developing methods and tools for assigning conservation categories of threatened taxa and their conservation strategies by way of different phases of eco-restoration in the context of freshwater river systems of tropical bio-geographic zones. The set provides a considerable volume of research on the biodiversity co…
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- 978-3-030-53941-2
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- XLIII, 917p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Cha r
Geostatistics and Geospatial Technologies for Groundwater Resources in India
This book offers essential information on geospatial technologies for water resource management and highlights the latest GIS and geostatistics techniques as they relate to groundwater. Groundwater is inarguably India's single most important natural resource. It is the foundation of millions of Indian farmers' livelihood security and the primary source of drinking water for a vast majority o…
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- 978-3-030-62397-5
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- xxv, 598p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Geo
The Nile Waters
This book is useful to those in water resources management and policy formulations, hydrologists, environmentalists, engineers and researchers. Exploiting advanced statistical techniques and the latest state-of-the-art multi-mission satellites, surface models and reanalysis products, this book provides the first comprehensive weighing of the changes in the Nile River Basin’s (NRB: ~ 3,400,000…
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- 978-3-030-64756-8
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- xvii, 267p.:Ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Awa t
Quality of Water Resources in Poland
This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning water quality in Poland. It offers a wide variety of cases and issues on water resource quality management. The book also presents different methods and strategies to effectively use the most advanced water resource quality problems such as water pollution, whether physical, chemical, or biological, of surface water resources and groundwa…
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- 978-3-030-64892-3
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- xii, 464p.:lll
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- -
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- 553.7 Qua
New Frontiers of Nanomaterials in Environmental Science
This book provides the detail information about nanoparticles, their types, characterization techniques such as TEM, FESEM, AFM, XRD etc. nanogenotoxicity, metal and metal oxide nanoparticle’s toxicity, physical and chemical characterization of nanomaterials, entry routes, cell-nano interaction studies, possible impacts to the human kind, and on the methods of evaluating the toxicity. It puts…
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- 978-981-15-9239-3
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- VIII, 297p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 New
Management of Irrigation and Water Supply Under Climatic Extremes
This volume provides a theoretical basis for the argument that available research that analyzes the impacts of climate on hydrology, water resources, and water systems, without factoring in the effect of climate variability, are inadequate and often misleading. Also, the book empirically shows that the impacts of climate variability on hydrology and water resources, and irrigation, water suppl…
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- 978-3-030-59459-6
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- xxv, 371p.:ill
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- -
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- 553.7 Man
Mitigating Environmental Stresses for Agricultural Sustainability in Egypt
This book focuses on the soil and environmental resources and how to utilize them under Egyptian conditions to achieve tolerance to environmental abiotic stresses, i.e., drought, heat, salt, pollutants, and biotic stresses such as disease resistance. Further, it explores ways to increase productivity, improve the quality of field crops, and reduce the food gap. The application of modern technol…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-64323-2
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- xiv, 590p.:ill
- Series Title
- Springer Water
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- 553.7 Mit
Deep Learning for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Science
This book provides a step-by-step methodology and derivation of deep learning algorithms as Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Convolution Neural Network (CNN), especially for estimating parameters, with back-propagation as well as examples with real datasets of hydrometeorology (e.g. streamflow and temperature) and environmental science (e.g. water quality). Deep learning is known as part of…
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- 978-3-030-64777-3
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- xiv, 204p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Water Science and Technology Library
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- 553.7 Lee d
Water Footprint
This book highlights the concept of water footprint in different industrial sectors such as leather tanning, steel, agriculture, textile and wine. One of the very basic necessities of life which is soon going to be scarce is water, hence the environmental footprint assessments on any scale essentially includes water footprint which is being measured in various supply chains and across different…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-33-4377-1
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- IX, 185p.:ill
- Series Title
- Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
- Call Number
- 553.7 Wat
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