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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...
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...
The Ganga
Springer 2010; US$ 159.99The geo-hydro-morphometry of the river Ganges has a history of long and wide variations as the river is continuously fed by the high Himalayas hill ranges, the highest in the world. The river is categorized as an international one, passing through several independent countries. The major flow of the river used to flow through the branch river, Bhagirathi-Hooghly... more...
River Basin Management IV
WIT Press 2007; US$ 370.00River Basin Management IV is the fourth of a successful series of international conferences. It took place on the Greek island of Kos, birthplace of Hippocrates, the father of Medicine. The papers presented there, are included in this volume.River basin management is a complex and interdisciplinary issue. It essentially includes river and groundwater... more...
River Basin Management V
WIT Press 2009; US$ 328.00In recent years, significant advances have been made in the development and application of software tools for predicting flow, water quality, sediment transport and ecological processes in riverine systems. The conference is thus the ideal forum for practitioners and academia to highlight the latest developments in this field and to discuss the experience... more...
Water and the City
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 53.95As a vital human need, water has been absolutely critical to decisions as to where cities originate, how much they grow and the standard of living of the inhabitants. The relationship is complex however; we need both continual availability and protection from its potential impacts. Over recent decades flooding and scarcity episodes have become commonplace... more...
Advances in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering
Springer 2010; US$ 1,099.99"Advances in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of 16th IAHR-APD Congress and 3rd Symposium of IAHR-ISHS" discusses some serious problems of sustainable development of human society related to water resources, disaster caused by flooding or draught, environment and ecology, and introduces latest research in river engineering... more...
Floodplain Wetland Biota in the Murray-Darling Basin
CSIRO Publishing 2010; US$ 84.95Addresses the need for an improved understanding of the biota of Australian freshwater wetlands. more...
Green Infrastructure Finance
World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 24.99Increasing concerns over the effects of climate change have heightened the importance of accelerating investments in green growth. The International Energy Agency, for example, estimates that to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 percent by 2050, global investments in the energy sector alone will need to total US$750 billion a year by 2030 and over... more...









