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GIS Applications for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems
CRC Press 2005; US$ 139.95A guide to water management strategies using GIS technology, from software development to application in real-world situations. more...
Freshwater Issues
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 45.00A reference guide to the basics and essential issues of fresh water management. From water supply and resource information, to the role of water in ecosystems, the coverage also provides global water data, examines uncertainties about future water supplies, and addresses technological advances. more...
The Economics of Water Management in Southern Africa
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00Presents a tool for water management - water resource accounting - which significantly advances the economic analysis of water. Based on the UN's handbook for environmental accounting, this book describes the implementation and policy application of water accounts in three African countries, and discusses how they have been used by water managers. more...
The Lakes Handbook
Wiley 2008; US$ 345.00Continuing concern about water supply and quality, ecosystem sustainability and restoration demands that the modern approach to the management of lakes and reservoirs should be based on a sound understanding of the application of the scientific and ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes. The Lakes Handbook provides an up-to-date... more...
Modern and Traditional Irrigation Technologies in the Eastern Mediterranean
International Development Research Centre 2002; US$ 25.00A water crisis is threatening several regions of the world. In the Middle East and North Africa, the crisis is serious and getting worse. Contributing factors include mismanagement of water resources, population trends and explosive urban growth, structural imbalance between demand and available resources, and a dearth of water-related information.... more...
Water Balances in the Eastern Mediterranean
International Development Research Centre 2000; US$ 25.00The roots of destabilization, migration, and local conflict around the world can often be traced to a lack of fresh water. As a result, the importance of fresh water to economic development, quality of life, ecosystem sustainability, and political stability is gaining renewed global recognition. In the Middle East and the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean... more...
Sustainable development of energy water and environment systems
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2003; US$ 199.00This e-book contains six selected papers from the first Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 2002. Topics range from decision support systems for the water industry, environmental impact of e-commerce, deforestation and the impact on water supplies, Russian and Ukrainian response to Kyoto, the use... more...
Thirst
Wiley 2007; US$ 27.95Out of sight of most Americans, global corporations like Nestlé, Suez, and Veolia are rapidly buying up our local water sources—lakes, streams, and springs—and taking control of public water services. In their drive to privatize and commodify water, they have manipulated and bought politicians, clinched backroom deals, and subverted... more...
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...
Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 120.00This volume presents the contemporary issues surrounding groundwater pollution risk assessment and the application of vulnerability and risk assessment maps for the effective protection and management of aquifers. Numerous new and improved approaches to intrinsic and specific vulnerability assessment (modified DRASTIC, GOD, VULK, VURAAS) are described,... more...









