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Contested Waterscapes in the Mekong Region
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 146.00The catchment area of the Mekong River and its tributaries extends from China, through Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and to Vietnam. The water resources of the Mekong region - from the Irrawaddy and Nu-Salween in the west, across the Chao Phraya to the Lancang-Mekong and Red River in the east- are increasingly contested. Governments, companies,... more...
Water
SAGE India 2003; US$ 78.95This book discusses and analyses several interlinked themes related to crucial aspects and many dimensions of water resources. The author draws upon his administrative experience, as well as his academic work after retirement, to present a lucid view of the issues affecting water resources while critically reviewing policy and constitutional provisions. more...
Social Participation in Water Governance and Management
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 105.00Social participation in water management and governance recently became a reality in many economies and societies. Yet the dimensions in which power regulation, social equity and democracy-building are connected with participation have been only tangentially analyzed for the water sector. Understanding the growing interest in social participation involves... more...
The Impact of Climate Change on European Lakes
Springer 2009; US$ 199.99Summarizes the results of an EU project (CLIME) that quantified the effects of observed and projected changes in the climate on the seasonal dynamics of lakes in Northern, Western and Central Europe. This book includes chapters on the phenology and modeling of lake ice, the flux of dissolved organic carbon and seasonal succession of phytoplankton. more...
Ecosystem Response Modelling in the Murray-Darling Basin
CSIRO Publishing 2010; US$ 90.00Brings together the leading ecologists working in the rivers and wetlands of the Murray-Darling Basin. more...
Science, Policy and Stakeholders in Water Management
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 105.00One of the major problems facing practitioners and scientists working with water management is how to integrate knowledge and experiences from scientific, policy and stakeholder perspectives. In this book this science-policy-stakeholder interface (SPSI) is examined both analytically and through the description of practical experiences from river basins... more...
The Fish Production Potential of the Baltic Sea
Springer 2010; US$ 159.99It presents a new approach to set fish quota based on holistic ecosystem modeling (the CoastWeb-model) and also a plan to optimize a sustainable management of the Baltic Sea including a cost-benefit analysis. This plan accounts for the production of prey and predatory fish under different environmental conditions, professional fishing, recreational... more...
Water and Arid Lands of the Western United States
Cambridge University Press 1988; US$ 49.00In Water and the Arid Lands of the Western United States the authors explore the nature of water demands. more...
The Hudson River Estuary
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 56.00The Hudson River Estuary is a 2006 scientific biography with relevance to similar natural systems. more...
New Uncertainty Concepts in Hydrology and Water Resources
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 65.00This is an overview of uncertainty techniques, such as the use of fractals and climate change in hydrology. more...









