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Water Resources Perspectives
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 155.00Many countries in the world have made great efforts, to remedy the water shortage, by providing financial and technical backing, for water desalination, treatment of wastewater and improved management and conservation techniques. Water ministries, universities and research centres have supported scientific research, and applied the most recent technologies,... more...
Integrated Watershed Management
CABI 2007; US$ 70.00Land and water management is especially critical as the use of upstream watersheds can drastically affect large numbers of people living in downstream watersheds. This work examines the institutional and technical context for managing watersheds and river basins, including the involvement of both the public and private sectors. more...
River Restoration
Wiley 2008; US$ 209.95River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend to focus on the development and application of geomorphic principles for river restoration design. Due to different models obtaining different results on the same problem, incomplete or absent data, and climatic/social/cultural... more...
Land, Water and Development
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 54.95Water is newsworthy: there is, or will be, a world water crisis. Aggravated by climate change, we are approaching the limits of human exploitation of freshwater resources, notably in growing essential food. The complexities and uncertainties associated with improving our management of fresh water take the potential remedies out of the hands of simple,... more...
Flood Risk Management in Europe
Springer 2007; US$ 64.99Brings together 26 articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. These articles contribute to the five sections with the general themes: flood risk management practice, flood events and impacts, flood analysis and modelling; flood forecasting; and flood management policy. more...
Statistical Methods in Water Resources
Elsevier Science 1993; US$ 219.00Data on water quality and other environmental issues are being collected at an ever-increasing rate. In the past, however, the techniques used by scientists to interpret this data have not progressed as quickly. This is a book of modern statistical methods for analysis of practical problems in water quality and water resources. The last fifteen years... more...
Computer systems and water resources
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 165.00Computer systems and water resources more...
Blue Revolution
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 48.95'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts - not for the hell of it, but so we can manage our environment better.' Fred Pearce, New Scientist This updated and revised edition of The Blue Revolution provides further evidence of the need to integrate land management decision-making into the process of integrated water resources management.... more...
Managing Water Resources
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 77.95'This book bridges disciplines, previously confined to specialist journal publications, by providing a comprehensive overview of the systems analysis application to water resources. It is ideal for Masters-level courses in Water Resources Engineering where modern management techniques of optimization and modelling are highly important in the strategic... more...
Environmental Economics for Watershed Restoration
CRC Press 2009; US$ 107.95Whether addressing pollution problems or helping protect a specific use, watershed associations are finding that the competition for funds is getting harder. While we can grasp the value of our streams for fishing or kayaking and other services, or their cultural value, or their value to an ecosystem, putting a dollar value on those benefits is not... more...









