Author: Subhajyoti Das
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arid regions
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Contributed articles presented at a national seminar held at Bhikampura, Alwar District, Rajasthan on July 6-8, 2009.

Author: Parviz Koohafkan
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1844077098
Category : Arid regions agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 121

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First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Sören Köpke
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643910894
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 434

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As climate change is becoming more severe, drought is threatening to disrupt agrarian societies. This book investigates the connections between drought and social conflict over land and water. It is a comparative study of eight dryland regions in Sub-saharan Africa, South and East Asia and South America. Sören Köpke looks at different agricultural production systems and analyses environmental conflicts linked to drought. Through the political ecology approach, the author highlights the power imbalances underpinning these conflicts. A central finding: Development strategies decide if a conflict escalates or not. The book contributes to the on-going debate on the link between climate change and conflict.

Author: Purnima George
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443894036
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Access to water is a fundamental right of all human beings, given that it significantly affects quality of life and enables people, especially the poor, to live with dignity. A significant number of organisations and governments throughout the world are working on this challenge and developing sustainable intervention models. There are several community-driven approaches which attempt to bring water within the reach of people, and to help establish people’s ownership and rights over it. The social work profession, with its commitment to working with the marginalised and the underprivileged, cannot be immune to the challenges posed by the scarcity of water, and must inevitably join the various efforts made the world over to tackle this problem head on. This book examines specific nuances of water scarcity, and develops viable social work intervention strategies based on the experiences of successful intervention models.

Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 806

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Author: International Geographical Union. Working Group on Resource Management in Drylands
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arid regions
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Proceedings of the International Seminar on the Resource Management in Drylands, held in 1983 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, organized by IGU Working Group on Resource Management in Drylands.

Author: Henry Gilbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural chemicals
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Pankaj Kumar
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811665737
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Water is the elixir of life and is crucial for sustainable development. Earlier, it was considered to be a limitless or at least a fully renewable natural resource. During the past 20 years, however, there has been tremendous pressure on this precious natural resource mainly due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and the increase in the human population. Together, these have resulted in increasing demand for irrigation, industrial, and household purposes to meet supply-chain requirements. Keeping in mind the scarcity of available water resources in the near future and its impending threats, it has become imperative on the part of scientists in hydrology and allied disciplines such as geography, landscape planning, sustainability science etc. Regional planners and supply chain management experts also must be involved in studying the spatial and temporal nature of the growing demand for water and the future availability for its judicial use and sustainable management. A primary intent of the book is to provide comprehensive scientific knowledge base on water resource management and sustainability. It covers geo-engineering and scientific problems, case studies, and sustainable solutions in the water resources management domain. Additionally and of equal importance, the chapters of the book provide in-depth coverage on water resource vulnerability, water quality, wastewater treatment, application of remote sensing and geographical information systems hydrological modeling and harvesting, climate variability and runoff, sediment discharge and irrigation planning, community participation in water governance, internet of things and machine learning applications for sustainable water resources management. This practical, state-of-the-art reference book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, scientists, policymakers, spatio-temporal designers of water resource systems, various stake holders interested in hydro-climatology and sustainable water resources management.

Author: Dr. Mahesh Gaur
Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
ISBN: 9789381450321
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Arid and semi-arid areas are now facing a threefold holistic crisis: economic, food, and climate. What has emerged from these crises is the vital importance of inter-linkages among them on the one hand, and the missed opportunities in putting these pieces together on the other. This book has tried to explore these challenges though in-depth discussions of the individual. It is anticipated to inspire a forward looking debate that looks at the lessons from the past and points to actions for the future. Expertise views have been shared scientists and persons of eminence on the national and state level challenges with futuristic remedial approaches.

Author: Luis Silveira
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
ISBN: 1848260288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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Groundwater theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Water Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of lithologic formations. This theme presents a perspective of the field of groundwater and an overview of the important aspects of the subject such as, natural origin and distribution, characteristics under diverse climates and surrounding rocky environments, exploration and management, natural quality and human related sources of contamination, sustainable exploitation of resources, protection and current research trends. The content of the theme on Groundwater is organized with state-of-the-art presentations covering several topics: Origin, Distribution, Formation, and Effects; Typical Hydrogeological Scenarios; Transport Processes in Groundwater; Transport Phenomena and Vulnerability of the Unsaturated Zone; Groundwater Development; Groundwater Use and Protection; Groundwater Management: An Overview of Hydro-geology, Economic Values and Principles of Management; Special Issues in Groundwater, which are then expanded into multiple subtopics, each as a chapter. These three volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, Managers, and Decision makers and NGOs