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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Documentación de la FAO.
Author: Water Resources in Mexico
Author: Úrsula Oswald SpringPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642054323
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 535
Book Description
Water resources in Mexico are threatened by scarcity, pollution and climate change. In two decades water consumption doubled, producing water stress in dry seasons and semi-arid and arid regions. Water stress rises due to physical and economic stress. In seven parts a multidisciplinary team analyzes hydrological processes in basins and their interaction with climate, soil and biota. Competing water use in agriculture, industry and domestic needs require savings, decontamination processes and desalination to satisfy the growing demand. Water quality affects health and ecosystems. This creates conflicts and cooperation that may be enhanced by public policy, institution building and social organization.
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning
Author: Klaus-Jürgen EvertPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540764550
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1548
Book Description
This unique, multilingual, encyclopedic dictionary in two volumes covers terms regularly used in landscape and urban planning, as well as environmental protection. The languages are American and British English, Spanish (with many Latin-American equivalents), French, and German. The encyclopedia also provides various interpretations of the terms at the planning, legal or technical level, which make its meaning more precise and its usage clearer.
Building Ocean Science Partnerships
Author: AMC-NRC Joint Working Group on Ocean SciencesPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030918407X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Building Ocean Science Partnerships describes a set of potential ocean science projects for cooperative research between scientists from the United States and Mexico, particularly focused on the Pacific Coast of California and Baja California, the Gulf of California, and the Gulf of Mexico. Barriers to cooperation between scientists of the two nations are identified, and methods to overcome such barriers are recommended. The book describes how interactions can be promoted by enhancing opportunities for education and training, building and sharing scientific infrastructure, participating together in large-scale marine research programs and regional ocean observing systems, planning joint science events and publications, and developing sources of binational funding. Building Ocean Science Partnerships will be published in English and Spanish to make its contents widely accessible in the United States and Mexico.
The Ecology and Natural History of Chilean Saltmarshes
Author: José Miguel FariñaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319638777
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This book consolidates the information, results, experience and perspectives of different research groups working on Chilean Saltmarshes. Some aspects of these ecosystems such as their bio-geographical connectivity, flora and faunal components, the interaction between ecosystem components and especially the response of this kind of ecosystems to human and natural perturbations defines the Chilean Saltmarshes as an attractive systems for future studies, focused into test the theoretical and experimental aspects of saltmarshes and general ecology.
Dam Maintenance and Rehabilitation II
Author: Rafael Romeo GarcíaPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203829883
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1161
Book Description
As dams age, they are subject to a series of external agents and processes which tend to deteriorate the qualities with which they were originally conceived to stand against these actions. At the same time, it is often necessary to respond to increased safety standards, either in the structural or hydrological fields. Reservoir sedimentation or wat
Collection of Consolidated Texts
Author: Journal of Iberian Geology
Author: Global Change and River Ecosystems - Implications for Structure, Function and Ecosystem Services
Author: R. Jan StevensonPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9400706081
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Rivers around the world are threatened by changes in land use, climate, hydrologic cycles, and biodiversity. Global changes in rivers include, but are not restricted to water flow interruptions, temperature increases, loss of hydrological connectivity, altered water residence times, changes in nutrient loads, increasing arrival of new chemicals, simplification of the physical structure of the systems, occurrence of invasive species, and biodiversity losses. All of them affect the structure and functioning of the river ecosystem, and thereby, their ecosystem services. Understanding the responses of river ecosystems and their services to global change is essential for protecting human well being in all corners of the planet. Rivers provide critical benefits by providing food from fisheries and irrigation, regulating biogeochemical balances, and enriching our aesthetic and cultural experience. Predicting responses of rivers to global change is challenged by the complexity of interactions among these man-made drivers across a mosaic of natural hydrogeomorphic and climatic settings. This book explores the broad range of determinants defining global change and their effects on river ecosystems. Authors have provided thoughtful and insightful treatments of specific topics that relate to the broader theme of global change regulation of river ecosystems.
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