Author: Thomas A. ButtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Impacts of Commercial Navigation on Water Quality in the Illinois River Channel
Author: Thomas A. ButtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Research Report
Author: Risk Based Design for Safe Development of Reliable and Environmentally Friendly Inland Water Transportation System
Author: Dr. Oladokun S. OlanrewajuPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493109324
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Water supports our planet and its vast resources need to be fully utilized to benefit human activities and his environment in a sustainable manner, most of inland water resources has been under utilised and under maintained. Maritime industry has made use of the ocean in a more much responsible manner for cross continental transportation of good. There are currently dire needs to find sensitive ways to mitigate challenge of global warming, climate changes and its associated impact, especially within the coastline. Various research works has proven that Inland Water Transportation represents the cleanest mode of transportation. Its use could reduce and mitigate carbon footage and other Green House Gases. Past system design and operation has followed conventional method. System has been addressed through reactive behaviour that has put system on probable risk and consequence in oblivion. Likewise, complexity of sustainable water transportation development demand design and operation that require careful evaluation which can be achieved by employing proactive method. That considers holistic system analysis approach. It has become important to address system associated risk, reliability and their life cycle through assessment of accident and pollution prevention, protection, control principle. Ageing, uncertainty and operational factors are also important system variables that need to be incorporated in risk close loop system. This book account for modelling of proactive technik and application of a top down risk and reliability based design that identifies assess, analyses and employ sustainability equity comparison leading to generic safety and environmental risk reliability model (SERM). SERM is a decision support system tool developed at University Technology Malaysia for the development of efficient and sustainable Inland Water Transportation System (IWT).
The 1988-1989 Drought in Illinois : Causes, Dimensions, and Impacts
Author: Adrian P. VisockyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway 12 Foot Channel Study, Phase I, Minesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, & Missouri
Author: Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Thirsty Planet
Author: Constance Elizabeth HuntPublisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1848137907
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
By the year 2025 nearly 2 billion people will live in regions experiencing absolute water scarcity. In the face of this emerging crisis, how should the planet's water be used and managed? Current international policy sees nature competing with human uses of water. Hunt takes issue with this perspective. She suggests that nature is the source of water and only by making the conservation of nature an absolute priority will we have the water we need for human use in future. It is essential , therefore, to manage water in ways that maintain the water cycle and the ecosystems that support it. This book looks at the complexity of the problem. It provides a wide array of ideas, information, case studies and ecological knowledge - often from remote corners of the developing world -- that could provide an alternative vision for water use and management at this critical time. Essential and compelling reading for students on courses related to water resource management and development; water managers and decision makers, and non-specialists with an interest in global water issues.
Comprehensive Master Plan for the Management of the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Author: Undercurrents ... from the Staff of the Illinois State Water Survey
Author: Illinois State Water SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
A Legislative Background of the Waterway User Charges Legislation During the 95th Congress
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inland water transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description