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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “abida farooqi”
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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

    $49.49 USD

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  • Blue Future

    Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

    by Maude Barlow ...
    Water is a human right: "A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century." — BooklistThe United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be done to stem this growing environmental crisis. In this book, water activist Maude Barlow draws on her extensive experience to lay out a set of key ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unquenchable

    America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It

    by Robert Jerome Glennon, Dr. ...
    In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out.Robert Glennon captures the irony—and tragedy—of America’s water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • 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

    $89.99 USD

  • 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

    $49.49 USD

  • 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

    $89.99 USD

  • 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

    $107.09 USD

  • 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

    $143.09 USD

  • 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

    $58.49 USD

  • 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

    $89.09 USD

  • Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans

    Initiating a Sustainable Co-operative Network

    Edited by Jacques Ganoulis, I.L. Murphy, Mitja Brilly ...
    Series Book 74 - NATO Science Partnership Subseries
    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

    $89.99 USD

  • A Critical Approach to International Water Management Trends

    Policy and Practice

    Edited by Christian Bréthaut, Rémi Schweizer ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This edited volume provides a critical discussion of particular trends that are widely recognised to influence water management by comparing them with what is actually happening in the field. Among others, these trends include water security, adaptive or integrative management, and the water-energy-food nexus, which are often presented as essential means to reaching more sustainable and resilient ... Read more

    $107.09 USD