Drought & water supply books

1756 books were found.

Water and Rural Communities: Local Politics, Meaning and Place

Water and Rural Communities: Local Politics, Meaning...

Author: Lia Bryant (University of South Australia, Australia) ,  with Jodie George (University of South Australia, Australia)
ISBN: 9780415723589
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The overall theme of this book concerns the multiplicity and complexities of discursive constructions of water in...  Read More >>

Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Practitioners

Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and...

Author: Robert Bos ,  David Alves
ISBN: 9781780407432
Format: Paperback
$194.06

The book focuses on the implications of new legislation and new components for existing legislation that address...  Read More >>

Water Poverty: The Next “Oil” Crisis

Water Poverty: The Next “Oil” Crisis

Author: Shirley J. Hansen
ISBN: 9781498796439
Format: Hardback
$252.00

A water crisis on our immediate horizon is destined to hurt, even kill, millions of children, and the window of...  Read More >>

Land and Hydropolitics in the Nile River Basin: Challenges and new investments

Land and Hydropolitics in the Nile River Basin: Challenges...

Author: Emil Sandstrom (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) ,  Anders Jagerskog
ISBN: 9781138921757
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book investigates the water, land and energy nexus in the Nile basin.  Read More >>

Drought in Brazil: Proactive Management and Policy

Drought in Brazil: Proactive Management and Policy

Author: Erwin De Nys (The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA) ,  Nathan Engle (The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA)
ISBN: 9781498765664
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book presents a topic of increasing interest globally in light of climate change and public policy actions,...  Read More >>

Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought on the Canadian Prairies

Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought on the Canadian...

Author: Harry Diaz ,  Jim Warren
ISBN: 9781552388198
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Describes the impacts of droughts and the adaptations made in prairie agriculture over recent decades. These adaptations...  Read More >>

Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Applications

Geospatial Technology for Water Resource Applications...

Author: Prashant K. Srivastava (ESSIC/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA) ,  Prem Chandra Pandey (University of Leicester, UK)
ISBN: 9781498719681
Format: Hardback
$315.00

This book advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related...  Read More >>

Water, Sovereignty and Borders in Asia and Oceania

Water, Sovereignty and Borders in Asia and Oceania

Author: Devleena Ghosh (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) ,  Heather Goodall (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138986978
Format: Paperback
$62.99

From oceans and rivers to lagoons, billabongs and estuaries, this volume draws on water’s many formations in debating...  Read More >>

Water Management and Climate Change: Dealing with Uncertainties

Water Management and Climate Change: Dealing with Uncertainties...

Author: Cecilia Tortajada (National University of Singapore) ,  Asit Biswas (National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9781138693036
Format: Paperback
$58.99

This book addresses challenges and uncertainties related to water management and climate change. It also discusses...  Read More >>

The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water Management

The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban...

Author: Cecilia Tortajada (National University of Singapore) ,  Francisco González-Gómez (University of Granada, Spain)
ISBN: 9781138693012
Format: Paperback
$96.99

This book focuses on participation of the public and private sectors in urban water management and on the role of...  Read More >>

Water for Food Security: Challenges for Pakistan

Water for Food Security: Challenges for Pakistan

Author: Claudia Ringler (International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA) ,  Arif Anwar (CGIAR, France)
ISBN: 9781138693142
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Pakistan’s water management is at a critical watershed. Water shortages are growing rapidly as a result of growing...  Read More >>

Asian Perspectives on Water Policy

Asian Perspectives on Water Policy

Author: Cecilia Tortajada (National University of Singapore) ,  Asit Biswas (National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9781138692657
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Asian countries are not homogenous. They are in different stages of social and economic development, with cultural...  Read More >>

Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America

Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America

Author: Asit Biswas (National University of Singapore)
ISBN: 9781138692671
Format: Paperback
$58.99

The book provides detailed analyses of several Latin American transboundary water bodies in terms of their current...  Read More >>

Groundwater Prospecting and Management

Groundwater Prospecting and Management

Author: H. P. Patra ,  Shyamal Kumar Adhikari
ISBN: 9789811011474
Format: Hardback
$343.17

The book provides an elaborate treatment of groundwater prospecting and management covering remote sensing, geological–geophysical...  Read More >>

Big, Bold and Blue: Lessons from Australia's Marine Protected Areas

Big, Bold and Blue: Lessons from Australia's Marine...

Author: James Fitzsimons ,  Geoff Westcott
ISBN: 9781486301942
Format: Paperback
$89.95

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Negotiating International Water Rights: Natural Resource Conflict in Turkey, Syria and Iraq

Negotiating International Water Rights: Natural Resource...

Author: Muserref Yetim
ISBN: 9781784535520
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Transboundary watercourses account for an estimated 60 per cent of global freshwater flow and support the livelihoods...  Read More >>

Sustainable Water Management in Smallholder Farming: Theory and Practice

Sustainable Water Management in Smallholder Farming:...

Author: Sara Finley (Water Management Consultant, Canada)
ISBN: 9781780646879
Format: Paperback
$117.08

Water is critical to everyone, but access to this resource is increasingly limited by competition and the effects...  Read More >>

Sustainable Water Management in Smallholder Farming: Theory and Practice

Sustainable Water Management in Smallholder Farming:...

Author: Sara Finley (Water Management Consultant, Canada)
ISBN: 9781780646862
Format: Hardback
$286.82

Water is critical to everyone, but access to this resource is increasingly limited by competition and the effects...  Read More >>

Water and the Law: Towards Sustainability

Water and the Law: Towards Sustainability

Author: Michael Kidd ,  Loretta Feris
ISBN: 9781783479610
Format: Paperback
$105.96

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Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance

Trans-jurisdictional Water Law and Governance

Author: Janice Gray ,  Cameron Holley
ISBN: 9781138928275
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Water Use and Poverty Reduction

Water Use and Poverty Reduction

Author: Md. Fakrul Islam
ISBN: 9784431551713
Format: Hardback
$290.37

Citing the principles of transboundary freshwater sharing, this work focuses on different approaches to international...  Read More >>

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