Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Knowledge Review
Author: Ecohydrology
Author: Derek EamusPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643068341
Category : Ecohydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
A grasp of key elements of several disparate disciplines is required in order to fully understand the sustainable management of water. The authors, who have undertaken extensive field work and published widely take an international perspective on water in the environment in order to tackle issues of dryland salinity and water allocation.
The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution
Author: Mark GiordanoPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845931726
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
While addressing the issues of using groundwater in agriculture for irrigation in the developing world, this book discusses the problems associated with the degradation and overexploitation of using it. It explores the practiced and potential methods for its management in the context of agricultural development.
Water Management in Africa and the Middle East
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 088936804X
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities
The Role of Sound Groundwater Resources Management and Governance to Achieve Water Security
Author: International Centre for Water Security and Sustainable ManagementPublisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231004689
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Dividing the Waters
Author: William Andrew BlomquistPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Not only are these water supplies not depleted, they are in fact relatively healthy despite California's recent six-year drought.
Developing Groundwater
Author: Alan M. MacDonaldPublisher: ITDG Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A user-friendly guide to developing groundwater for rural water supplies in developing countries. It provides information on simple, effective techniques for siting wells and boreholes, assessing resource sustainability, constructing and testing the yield of boreholes and wells, and monitoring groundwater quality.
Intensive Use of Groundwater:
Author: M. Ramon LlamasPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789058093905
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
This text is written by a number of authors from different countries and disciplines, affording the reader an invaluable and unbiased perspective on the subject of intensive groundwater development. Based on information gathered from the experience of many countries over the last decades, the text aims to present a clear discussion on the conventional hydrogeological aspects of intensive groundwater use, along with the ecological, legal, institutional, economic and social challenges. Divided into two main sections, the first group of authors put forward the positive and negative aspects of intensive groundwater use, whilst a second group provide an overview of the situation specific countries face as a consequence of this phenomenon. Fully revised and up-to-date, Groundwater Intensive Use makes a significant number of discoveries in a subject area that is topical in today's climate.
Geographical Abstracts
Author: Watershed
Author: Stephen C. LonerganPublisher: IDRC
ISBN: 1552500977
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Watershed describes the water crisis faced by Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories today; a crisis that will have much to do with the design and the success of the current peace proposals. The authors examine the geopolitics of water in the region, the economic importance, problems of water supply and water quality, and regional conflicts over water.