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  • Advances in Urban Stormwater and Agricultural Runoff Source Controls

    Edited by W. Ed Watt, Evzen Zeman, Heiko Sieker, J. Marsalek ...
    Series Book 6 - NATO Science Series: IV
    Notwithstanding past achievements, flood damage continues to rise throughout the world as the magnitudes of floods increase, partly as a result of poor land management and partly by climate change, growing populations and continuing development in flood-prone areas, and the aging and deterioration of flood defences.One of the major goals of water management is the protection of society from floods ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination

    A Pakistan Perspective

    by Abida Farooqi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents an up-to-the-minute overview of arsenic and fluoride pollution of soil and groundwater in Pakistan. It includes the author’s doctoral dissertation on Lahore as a case study and describes the mechanism of pollution on the basis of the findings in that area. The book highlights the concrete situation in Pakistan – including the severity of the problem, its health effects and the ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean

    Perspectives Under Global Change

    Edited by Sergi Sabater, Damià Barceló ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Water scarcity affects hydrologic resources, systems connectivity, biodiversity, water quality, and river ecosystem functioning. It has direct impacts on economic sectors that use and depend on water, such as agriculture, tourism, industry, energy and transport. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the regions in the world most vulnerable to climate changes, as well as one of the most impacted by ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Environmental Contaminants

    Using natural archives to track sources and long-term trends of pollution

    Edited by Jules M. Blais, John P. Smol, Michael R. Rosen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The human footprint on the global environment now touches every corner of the world. This book explores the myriad ways that environmental archives can be used to study the distribution and long-term trajectories of chemical contaminants. The volume first focuses on reviews that examine the integrity of the historic record, including factors related to hydrology, post-depositional diffusion, and ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Water and Land Security in Drylands

    Response to Climate Change

    Edited by Mohamed Ouessar, Donald Gabriels, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Steven Evett ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change. As water and land are the essential ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Surface Modified Carbons as Scavengers for Fluoride from Water

    Edited by Venkataraman Sivasankar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the problems and feasible remediation of fluoride contamination in groundwater. The book investigates applications of various carbons derived from bio-mass and bio-polymers. It also inquires into surface modified carbons that use inorganic ions to help remove excess fluoride ions in drinking water and wastewater effluents. The compliance of kinetic and isotherm models with ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Urban Hydrology, Watershed Management and Socio-Economic Aspects

    Edited by Vijay P. Singh, Suresh A. Kartha, Rajib K. Bhattacharjya, Arup K. Sarma ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book brings together high-quality research articles on advanced hydrological analysis, advanced computational methods, and the ecological and sociological aspects of urban watershed management under one umbrella. The rapid pace of urbanization, not accompanied by any farsighted, holistic plan, has reduced many cities in the developing world into multi-hazard areas. The most perceptible ... Read more

    $140.99 CAD

  • Transboundary Aquifers in the Eastern Borders of The European Union

    Regional Cooperation for Effective Management of Water Resources

    Edited by Tomasz Nałęcz ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book focuses on sustainable use and protection of transboundary aquifers located along the eastern border of European Union starting from the Baltic Sea and end in the Black Sea. The groundwater resources in this region play a very important role not only as a source of clean and safe drinking water, but also for social, economic and safety reasons. This publication sheds light on a wide ... Read more

    $179.39 CAD

  • Data-Driven Modeling: Using MATLAB® in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

    by Shahab Araghinejad ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    “Data-Driven Modeling: Using MATLAB® in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering” provides a systematic account of major concepts and methodologies for data-driven models and presents a unified framework that makes the subject more accessible to and applicable for researchers and practitioners. It integrates important theories and applications of data-driven models and uses them to deal with ... Read more

    $72.99 CAD

  • Water and Territory in Latin America

    Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

    by Vladimir Arana ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses in the current situation of water resources, water supply and sanitation, and population movement in Latin America. It identifies new phenomena and challenges that will put more pressure on water resources in the near future and that will create important socioeconomic constraints in population and their governments. This volume offers an evaluation of water resources ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans

    Initiating a Sustainable Co-operative Network

    Edited by Jacques Ganoulis, I.L. Murphy, Mitja Brilly ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    A source of up-to-date information on current water resources, their quality and quantity, in every country in the Balkans. Institutional structures, water management issues and water monitoring problems are analyzed, with special reference to international waters, using characteristic case studies, including the Sava River, Lake Ohrid, The Nestos/Mesta River, the Neretva River estuary, and ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Empire of Water

    An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply

    by David Soll ...
    Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation's largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD