Drought & water supply books

1764 books were found.

Water Supply in a Mega-City: A Political Ecology Analysis of Shanghai

Water Supply in a Mega-City: A Political Ecology Analysis...

Author: Michael Webber ,  Jon Barnett
ISBN: 9781786433923
Format: Hardback
$269.80

With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water supplies around the world, this book provides a timely...  Read More >>

Facing the Challenges of Water Governance

Facing the Challenges of Water Governance

Author: Simon Porcher ,  Stéphane Saussier
ISBN: 9783319985145
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Access to water is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century, particularly when set against...  Read More >>

Understanding Water Security at Local Government Level in South Africa

Understanding Water Security at Local Government Level...

Author: Richard Meissner ,  Nikki Funke
ISBN: 9783030025168
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This book provides unique insights into the complex issue of water security in South Africa. Based on qualitative...  Read More >>

Integrated Water Resource Planning: Achieving Sustainable Outcomes

Integrated Water Resource Planning: Achieving Sustainable...

Author: Claudia Baldwin ,  Mark Hamstead (Consultant, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138372597
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Integrated Water Resource Planning provides practical, evidence-based guidance on water resource planning. In a...  Read More >>

Territorial Water Cooperation in the Central Plateau of Iran

Territorial Water Cooperation in the Central Plateau...

Author: Majid Labbaf Khaneiki
ISBN: 9783030014933
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book tries to answer the question how different communities in such an arid area as the Iranian central plateau...  Read More >>

Chinese Water Systems: Volume 2: Managing Water Resources for Urban Catchments: Chaohu

Chinese Water Systems: Volume 2: Managing Water Resources...

Author: Agnes Sachse ,  Zhenliang Liao
ISBN: 9783319975672
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This volume addresses the latest results of the Major Water Program of the Chinese Government which aims at the...  Read More >>

The Great Lakes Water Wars

The Great Lakes Water Wars

Author: Peter Annin
ISBN: 9781610919920
Format: Paperback
$84.99

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A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen: Material Remains and Textual Foundations

A History of Water Engineering and Management in Yemen:...

Author: Ingrid Hehmeyer
ISBN: 9789004387010
Format: Hardback
$380.16

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Indigenous Rights and Water Resource Management: Not Just Another Stakeholder

Indigenous Rights and Water Resource Management: Not...

Author: Katie O'Bryan
ISBN: 9780815375425
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book argues that a key means of ensuring appropriate participation in decision-making about water management...  Read More >>

India’s Water Futures: Emergent Ideas and Pathways

India’s Water Futures: Emergent Ideas and Pathways

Author: K. J. Joy (Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management, India) ,  S. Janakarajan
ISBN: 9780815384045
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book critically engages with the emerging issues in the Indian...  Read More >>

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Versus Aswan High Dam: A View from Egypt

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Versus Aswan High Dam:...

Author: Abdelazim M. Negm ,  Sommer Abdel-Fattah
ISBN: 9783319955995
Format: Hardback
$724.47

This unique volume discusses various aspects of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Aswan High Dam...  Read More >>

Climate Change and Water Resources

Climate Change and Water Resources

Author: Judith Rosales
ISBN: 9781773613918
Format: Hardback
$424.35

Examines various aspects of climate change, including an extensive historical overview of climate change and water...  Read More >>

Horn of Africa: impact of early warning early action, protecting pastoralist livelihoods ahead of drought

Horn of Africa: impact of early warning early action,...

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization
ISBN: 9789251307984
Format: Paperback
$30.80

Analyses the outcomes of early actions implemented in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia in 2017, evaluating how effective...  Read More >>

Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present

Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present...

Author: Mark Altaweel ,  Yijie Zhuang
ISBN: 9781911576709
Format: Paperback
$64.69

Focusing on Asia, Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present seeks to highlight the issues that...  Read More >>

Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present

Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present...

Author: Mark Altaweel ,  Yijie Zhuang
ISBN: 9781911576716
Format: Hardback
$116.44

Focusing on Asia, Water Societies and Technologies from the Past and Present seeks to highlight the issues that...  Read More >>

Drought: Science and Policy

Drought: Science and Policy

Author: Ana Iglesias ,  Dionysis Assimacopoulos
ISBN: 9781119017202
Format: Hardback
$228.95

Comprehensive coverage of understanding, prevention, and risk management of extreme drought events, with examples...  Read More >>

Conventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt

Conventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt...

Author: Abdelazim M. Negm
ISBN: 9783319950648
Format: Hardback
$646.85

This unique volume focuses on Egypt’s conventional water resources and the main water consumer: Egypt’s agriculture....  Read More >>

Building Resilience and Planning for Extreme Water-Related Events

Building Resilience and Planning for Extreme Water-Related...

Author: Teresa Sprague ,  Kathrin Prenger-Berninghoff
ISBN: 9783319997438
Format: Hardback
$124.95

This book discusses what it means for cities to work toward and achieve resilience in the face of climate change....  Read More >>

Developing an Impact-Based Combined Drought Index for Monitoring Crop Yield Anomalies in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Developing an Impact-Based Combined Drought Index for...

Author: Yared Bayissa
ISBN: 9780367024512
Format: Paperback
$101.00

This thesis proposes an impact-based combined drought index (CDI) and a regression prediction model of crop yield...  Read More >>

Unconventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt

Unconventional Water Resources and Agriculture in Egypt...

Author: Abdelazim M. Negm
ISBN: 9783319950709
Format: Hardback
$724.47

This unique volume presents up-to-date information and the latest research findings on unconventional water resources...  Read More >>

Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design: Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Urban Greening, Economics, Policies, and Community Perceptions

Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design: Potential,...

Author: Ashok Sharma (Associate Professor Water Resources, College of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia) ,  Ted Gardner (University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia)
ISBN: 9780128128435
Format: Paperback
$330.00

Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design: Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Economics, Policies and Community...  Read More >>

Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and Fresh Water Crises

Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and Fresh Water Crises...

Author: Christiana Zenner
ISBN: 9781626982970
Format: Paperback
$79.20

A study of the necessity and availability of a supply of fresh water from the perspective of Christian ethics, this...  Read More >>

Water Resources Planning: Fundamentals for an Integrated Framework

Water Resources Planning: Fundamentals for an Integrated...

Author: Andrew A. Dzurik ,  Tara Shenoy Kulkarni
ISBN: 9781442253995
Format: Hardback
$228.00

This definitive text offers a comprehensive survey of the fundamental components of water resources planning and...  Read More >>

Environmental Water Footprints: Energy and Building Sectors

Environmental Water Footprints: Energy and Building...

Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
ISBN: 9789811327384
Format: Hardback
$206.97

This book highlights the concept of environmental water footprint in the energy (bioenergy & hydropower) sector...  Read More >>

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