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Water Issues in Southeast Asia
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2012; US$ 64.90Water has been dubbed the "oil of the 21st century" because of its increasing global scarcity. In Southeast Asia, water resources have been strained by the greater demand from different sectors such as agriculture, industry and domestic users. This situation is only likely to worsen in the future if active measures are not taken now. Is there... more...
Water Use Efficiency for Irrigated Turf and Landscape
CSIRO Publishing 2013; US$ 138.95Covers all aspects of water management in irrigated urban open space areas and how to achieve high water use efficiency. more...
Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2010; US$ 34.95The importance of watercourses to human life and development cannot be overemphasised. From communication, trade, agriculture and the location of human settlements, they have played an immeasurable role. Almost 60% of Africa lies within shared rivers and lake basins. The Nile is shared by more than seven nations, the Zambezi by six, and the Congo by... more...
Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2012 update
World Health Organization 2012; US$ 36.00The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation known as the JMP is mandated by the United Nations to report every two years on access to drinking water and sanitation worldwide and on progress towards related targets under Millennium Development Goal 7. This 2012 report is based on data gathered from household surveys and... more...
The Management of the Zambezi River Basin and Kariba Dam
Bookworld Publishers 2010; US$ 26.95This book brings together articles and conference papers on the Zambezi River and Kariba Dam written by Dr. Tumbare between 1998-2010. Part I discusses issues of river basin and integrated water resources management and Part II contains papers in infrastructure development in the water and energy sectors. more...
Investing in Water for a Green Economy
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 65.95In the context of the economies of the world becoming greener, this book provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the condition of the world?s water resources and the infrastructure used to manage it. It focuses on current social and economic costs of water provision, needs and opportunities for investment and for improving its management.... more...
Looking Beyond the Horizon
World Bank Publications 1905; US$ 19.99Agriculture is one of the most climate-sensitive of all economic sectors. In many countries, such as the fourexamined in Looking Beyond the Horizon, the risks of climate change are an immediate and fundamentalproblem because the majority of the rural population depends either directly or indirectly on agriculture forits livelihood.The risks of climate... more...
Sustainable Water
Royal Society of Chemistry 2010; US$ 96.00It is predicted that climate change will result in big changes to the global distribution of rainfall, causing drought and desertification in some regions and floods in others. Already there are signs of such changes occurring, with particularly serious consequences for poorer countries. The need for international cooperation in managing the effects... more...
Water Framework Directive
Royal Society of Chemistry 2010; US$ 192.00Proceedings of a conference on "Integrated River Basin Management under the Water Framework Directive", held at Le Nouveau Siecle, Lille, France on 26th-28th April 2010. The book reviews technical challenges faced by EU Member States, stakeholder organisations and scientists while developing the first River Basin Management Plan under the... more...
Water System Science and Policy Interfacing
Royal Society of Chemistry 2009; US$ 232.00Recent discussions among scientists and policy-makers have highlighted that knowledge generated by many research and demonstration projects is not reaching policymakers in an efficient way. Conversely, the consideration of research results by the policy making community is not straightforward, and difficulties arise in integrating the latest research... more...









