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Policy and Strategic Behaviour in Water Resource Management
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 117.00Water resource management throughout the world is a very complicated issue, involving various aspects and dimensions and a well-coordinated set of policies. A well-designed water policy is a multi-faceted concerted intervention, which could be specific to just one set of political and physical socio-economic conditions. A framework to analyse the interaction... more...
Managing Water Resources in a Time of Global Change
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 165.00Global change possesses serious challenges for water managers and scientists. In mountain areas, where water supplies for half of the world population originate, climate and hydrologic models are still subject to considerable uncertainty. And yet, critical decisions have to be taken to ensure adequate and safe water supplies to billions of people,... more...
The Management of Water Quality and Irrigation Technologies
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 117.00This book is an outcome from the International Expo 'Water and Sustainable Development' held in Zaragoza (Spain) in 2008. Support from the Spanish Ministry of Environment, Caja Rioja, Government of Aragon, and the World Bank is acknowledged. 'Few resources will play a more important role in shaping our economic future, or face more daunting challenges,... more...
Modeling Economic Management and Policy Issues of Water in Irrigated Agriculture
ABC-CLIO 1996; US$ 168.00This work presents models that characterize the relationships between quantity and quality of irrigation water application, and agricultural production and the environment. A comprehensive modeling approach addressing both the benefits of irrigation and the potential negative effects is introduced. Physical-biological concepts are combined with economic... more...
Climate Change and Agriculture
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 40.00Examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. This book uses the Ricardian method to examine the impact of climate change on agriculture. It also quantifies how farmers adapt to climate. more...
Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture
Edward Elgar Publishing 2012; US$ 60.00This book explores the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of people and nations, especially in the developing world; therefore, any impact on it will have significant economic, social and political ramifications. Scholars from around the world and from various fields have been brought... more...
Analyzing Global Environmental Issues
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 145.00The existence of environmental dilemmas and political conflicts leads us to appreciate the need for individuals and groups to behave strategically in order to achieve their goals and maintain their wellbeing. Global issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and pollution, as well as revolts and protests against corporations, regimes, and... more...
Game Theory and Policy Making in Natural Resources and the Environment
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 49.95Game Theory has become one of the main analytical tools for addressing strategic issues in the field of economics and is increasing its influence in other fields of social sciences. With the increased level of extraction of natural resources and pollution of environments, game theory gains its place in the literature and it is more and more seen as... more...
Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization
Springer 2007; US$ 129.99Draws upon a worldwide survey of river basin organizations and in-depth studies of eight river basins in a variety of locations around the globe. This book examines how institutional arrangements for managing water resources at the river-basin level have been designed and implemented, and what the impetus for these arrangements has been. more...
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
World Scientific Publishing Company 2013; US$ 143.00Following the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, countries took up the difficult task of finding a common approach that would slow down the build-up of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and delay changes to the planet's climate. A widespread concern among many of the participants in the newly formed United Nations Framework Convention... more...









