Drought & water supply books

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Large Dams: Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free Flowing Rivers

Large Dams: Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities...

Author: Thayer Scudder
ISBN: 9789811325496
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book highlights the first comparative long-term analysis of the negative impacts of large dams on riverine...  Read More >>

The Drava River: Environmental Problems and Solutions

The Drava River: Environmental Problems and Solutions...

Author: Dénes Lóczy
ISBN: 9783319928159
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This monograph summarizes the environmental issues concerning the channel and the floodplain of the Drava River....  Read More >>

Water Policy and Governance in South Asia: Empowering Rural Communities

Water Policy and Governance in South Asia: Empowering...

Author: M. Anwar Hossen
ISBN: 9781138367401
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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‘Moving towards Risk’ - A Melancholic Story of Punjab Satluj Floodplain

‘Moving towards Risk’ - A Melancholic Story of Punjab...

Author: Harsimrat Kaur
ISBN: 9783319952963
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book explains the tragic tale of the Satluj floodplain since its inception. As a landscape this floodplain...  Read More >>

Soil Quality and Pesticide Residue Analysis

Soil Quality and Pesticide Residue Analysis

Author: Mahendra Prasad & Pushpendra Koli
ISBN: 9788119254859
Format: Paperback
$64.27

This book includes the techniques of soil quality and pesticide residue analysis in field of forage science.  Read More >>

Hydraulic and Operational Performance of Irrigation Schemes in View of Water Saving and Sustainability: Sugar Estates and Community Managed Schemes in Ethiopia

Hydraulic and Operational Performance of Irrigation...

Author: Zeleke Agide Dejen
ISBN: 9781138373297
Format: Hardback
$221.00

The rate of global increase in water abstraction for irrigation has been declining since the 1970’s due to declining...  Read More >>

Dynamics in Organic Matter Processing, Ecosystem Metabolism and Tropic Sources for Consumers in the Mara River, Kenya

Dynamics in Organic Matter Processing, Ecosystem Metabolism...

Author: Frank Onderi Masese
ISBN: 9781138373310
Format: Hardback
$145.00

To properly conserve, restore and manage riverine ecosystems and the services they provide, it is pertinent to understand...  Read More >>

Water Supply and Demand Management in the Galápagos: A Case Study of Santa Cruz Island

Water Supply and Demand Management in the Galápagos:...

Author: Maria Reyes Perez
ISBN: 9781138373198
Format: Hardback
$252.00

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Lake Governance

Lake Governance

Author: Velma I. Grover ,  Gail Krantzberg
ISBN: 9781138633759
Format: Hardback
$347.00

Lake Governance focuses on comparative analysis of governance structures by examining policy, legal, and institutional...  Read More >>

Climate Variability and Water Dependent Sectors: Impacts and Potential Adaptations

Climate Variability and Water Dependent Sectors: Impacts...

Author: Dannele E. Peck ,  Jeffrey M. Peterson
ISBN: 9781138383845
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Demand for water in agricultural, municipal, industrial, and environmental uses is growing. More frequent and severe...  Read More >>

Water Resources and Environmental Sustainability

Water Resources and Environmental Sustainability

Author: Gangadhar Banerjee ,  Sarda Ganguly
ISBN: 9789387692855
Format: Paperback
$72.32

Outlines issues cocerning water in the 21st century, revisits water resources management policy, critically analyses...  Read More >>

Clean water and sanitation: sustainable development goal 6, synthesis report on water and sanitation

Clean water and sanitation: sustainable development...

Author: United Nations
ISBN: 9789211013702
Format: Paperback
$79.00

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The Roadmap to Low Carbon Urban Water Utilities: An International guide to the WaCCliM approach

The Roadmap to Low Carbon Urban Water Utilities: An...

Author: Simone Ballard ,  Jose Porro
ISBN: 9781780409917
Format: Paperback
$38.81

This roadmap is directed at urban water utility managers in charge of planning future actions, as well as at the...  Read More >>

Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present: Resilience, Decline, and Revival

Water and Society from Ancient Times to the Present:...

Author: Federica Sulas ,  Innocent Pikirayi (University of Pretoria)
ISBN: 9781138676336
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Water and Society, through a range of international case studies, presents theoretical discussions on the historical...  Read More >>

Water, Creativity and Meaning: Multidisciplinary understandings of human-water relationships

Water, Creativity and Meaning: Multidisciplinary understandings...

Author: Liz Roberts ,  Katherine Phillips
ISBN: 9781138087668
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This stimulating volume brings together diverse approaches to exploring the human relationship with water, and adds...  Read More >>

Hydrology and Limnology of Central Asia

Hydrology and Limnology of Central Asia

Author: Jilili Abuduwaili ,  Gulnura Issanova
ISBN: 9789811309281
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book highlights the development of lake systems and water reservoirs as well as the impact of climate change...  Read More >>

Tapping the Unreached: Nepal Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Projects?A Sustainable Model of Service Delivery

Tapping the Unreached: Nepal Small Towns Water Supply...

Author: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9789292578916
Format: Paperback
$41.27

Highlights key features of successful delivery of water and sanitation services in small towns in Nepal, sector...  Read More >>

Beyond crop per drop: assessing agricultural water productivity and efficiency in a maturing water economy

Beyond crop per drop: assessing agricultural water productivity...

Author: World Bank ,  David O. Trâguer
ISBN: 9781464812989
Format: Paperback
$88.44

With growing global water scarcity and projections that indicate the need to increase both agricultural production...  Read More >>

The Religious Nile: Water, Ritual and Society Since Ancient Egypt

The Religious Nile: Water, Ritual and Society Since...

Author: Terje Oestigaard
ISBN: 9781784539788
Format: Hardback
$200.00

The Nile is arguably the most famous river in the world. For millennia, the search for its source defeated emperors...  Read More >>

Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect: Unintentional Consequences for Resource Insecurity

Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect: Unintentional...

Author: Larry Swatuk (University of Waterloo, Canada) ,  Lars Wirkus
ISBN: 9781138556096
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book addresses the policy debates surrounding water resources and climate actions through both theoretical...  Read More >>

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