Drought & water supply books

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Economic Valuation of River Systems

Economic Valuation of River Systems

Author: Fred J. Hitzhusen
ISBN: 9781845426347
Format: Hardback
$248.40

The book applies benefit–cost analysis and a wide array of non-market and distribution economic valuation methods...  Read More >>

Water Engineering in  Ancient Civilizations: 5,000 Years of History

Water Engineering in Ancient Civilizations: 5,000 Years...

Author: Pierre-Louis Viollet
ISBN: 9789078046059
Format: Paperback
$221.00

"This new book offers an engineer's perspective on the history of water technology and it's impact on the development...  Read More >>

Debris Flow: Mechanics, Prediction and Countermeasures

Debris Flow: Mechanics, Prediction and Countermeasures...

Author: Tamotsu Takahashi
ISBN: 9780415435529
Format: Hardback
$332.51

Treats the theoretical and applied aspects of debris flow. This book discusses the fundamental mechanical aspects...  Read More >>

The Hydropolitics of Africa: A Contemporary Challenge

The Hydropolitics of Africa: A Contemporary Challenge...

Author: Raj Bardouille ,  Mechthild Nagel
ISBN: 9781847181121
Format: Hardback
$103.47

Water is both an essential resource and a source of disease and conflict in contemporary Africa.  Read More >>

Advances in Urban Flood Management

Advances in Urban Flood Management

Author: Richard Ashley ,  Stephen Garvin
ISBN: 9780415436625
Format: Hardback
$205.00

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Acequia: Water-Sharing, Sanctity, and Place

Acequia: Water-Sharing, Sanctity, and Place

Author: Sylvia Rodríguez
ISBN: 9781930618558
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Every society must have a system for capturing, storing, and distributing water, a system encompassing both technology...  Read More >>

Precolumbian Water Management: Ideology, Ritual, and Power

Precolumbian Water Management: Ideology, Ritual, and...

Author: Lisa J. Lucero ,  Barbara W. Fash
ISBN: 9780816523146
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Among ancient Mesoamerican and Southwestern peoples, water was as essential as maize for sustenance and was a driving...  Read More >>

Native Waters: Contemporary Indian Water Settlements and the Second Treaty Era

Native Waters: Contemporary Indian Water Settlements...

Author: Daniel C. McCool
ISBN: 9780816526154
Format: Paperback
$60.59

"Since the beginning of the reservation era, the bitter conflict between Indians and non-Indians over water rights...  Read More >>

Fuel for Growth: Water and Arizona's Urban Environment

Fuel for Growth: Water and Arizona's Urban Environment...

Author: Douglas E. Kupel
ISBN: 9780816521708
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Cities in the arid West would not be what they are today without water and the technology needed to deliver it to...  Read More >>

River Flow: Proceedings of the International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 September 2006

River Flow: Proceedings of the International Conference...

Author: Rui M. L. Ferreira ,  Elsa C. T. L. Alves
ISBN: 9781439833865
Format: Electronic book text
$2048.64

Covers issues such as river hydrodynamics, morphodynamics and sediment transport. This book describes interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Valuing Complex Natural Resource Systems: The Case of the Lagoon of Venice

Valuing Complex Natural Resource Systems: The Case of...

Author: Anna Alberini ,  Paolo Rosato
ISBN: 9781845428471
Format: Hardback
$256.50

In complex natural resource systems, modifications or disruptions tend to affect many and diverse components of...  Read More >>

The Role of Communication in Large Infrastructure: The Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone

The Role of Communication in Large Infrastructure: The...

Author: Leonardo Mazzei ,  Gianmarco Scuppa
ISBN: 9780821366820
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Describes how the timely use of two-way communication in large water infrastructure projects leads to improved project...  Read More >>

Reclaiming the Desert: Towards a Sustainable Environment in Arid Lands: Proceedings of the Third Joint UAE-Japan Symposium on Sustainable GCC Environment and Water Resources (EWR2006), 30 January - 1 February 2006, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Reclaiming the Desert: Towards a Sustainable Environment...

Author: A. M. O. Mohamed
ISBN: 9781439833827
Format: Electronic book text
$641.52

A comprehensive collection of contributions from the Middle East and Japan, dealing with pressing problems concerning...  Read More >>

Arid Land Hydrogeology: in Search of a Solution to a Threatened Resource: Proceedings of the Third Joint UAE-Japan Symposium on Sustainable GCC Environment and Water Resources (EWR2006), 28 - 30 January 2006, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Arid Land Hydrogeology: in Search of a Solution to a...

Author: A. M. O. Mohamed
ISBN: 9781439833421
Format: Electronic book text
$514.67

There are many urgent problems in arid land hydrogeology. This volume on desert environments tackles these issues....  Read More >>

Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: Interdisciplinary...

Author: Phoebe Koundouri ,  Katia Karousakis
ISBN: 9781845424237
Format: Hardback
$271.69

Water deficiency in many arid and semi-arid regions in Southern Europe is becoming a major constraint for economic...  Read More >>

Sustainable Management of Water Resources: An Integrated Approach

Sustainable Management of Water Resources: An Integrated...

Author: Carlo Giupponi ,  Anthony J. Jakeman
ISBN: 9781845427450
Format: Hardback
$332.50

This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and highly accessible introduction to water resource management,...  Read More >>

Advanced Onsite Wastewater Systems Technologies

Advanced Onsite Wastewater Systems Technologies

Author: Anish R. Jantrania ,  Mark A. Gross
ISBN: 9780849330292
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Explores technologies that can be used to solve problems associated with conventional septic tank and drain field...  Read More >>

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Guidling Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life and Landscape

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Guidling Principles...

Author: Brad Lancaster
ISBN: 9780977246403
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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Waste Treatment in the Food Processing Industry

Waste Treatment in the Food Processing Industry

Author: Lawrence K. Wang ,  Yung-Tse Hung
ISBN: 9780849372360
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Delineating methods, technologies, and the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices,...  Read More >>

Gender, Water and Development

Gender, Water and Development

Author: Anne Coles ,  Tina Wallace
ISBN: 9781845201258
Format: Paperback
$69.99

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Gender, Water and Development

Gender, Water and Development

Author: Anne Coles ,  Tina Wallace
ISBN: 9781845201241
Format: Hardback
$284.00

There is a renewed global commitment to 'water for all'. Yet even though women are usually responsible for domestic...  Read More >>

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