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    Series Book 13 - Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace
    This book summarizes the NGO Master Plan that provides a comprehensive program to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River and its tributaries in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. It is a regional and civil society effort designed to promote the restoration of the valley’s environmental and ecological values within a realistic financial and economic framework. The plan identifies 127 specific regional and ... Read more

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  • Analyzing Biomolecular Interactions by Mass Spectrometry

    This monograph reviews all relevant technologies based on mass spectrometry that are used to study or screen biological interactions in general.Arranged in three parts, the text begins by reviewing techniques nowadays almost considered classical, such as affinity chromatography and ultrafiltration, as well as the latest techniques. The second part focusses on all MS-based methods for the study of ... Read more

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    Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World

    Discover how Israel transformed from a parched land into a water superpower, offering a blueprint for a world facing an imminent water crisis.As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around the world, there is no time to lose in the search for solutions. The U.S. government predicts that forty of our fifty states-and 60 percent of the earth's land surface-will soon face ... Read more

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  • Water, Peace, and War

    Confronting the Global Water Crisis

    This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Chellaney argues that it remains the world’s most underappreciated and undervalued resource. One sobering fact is that the ... Read more

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    by FAOoftheUN ...
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    by FAOoftheUN ...
    A first draft, based on nine country reports, was prepared as supporting documentation for an informal regional consultation on the state of the Near East and North Africa's biodiversity for food and agriculture, held in Rome, Italy, 5 to 7 April 2016. The document was later revised based on feedback received from the participants of the informal consultation. During the informal consultation, ... Read more

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  • An analysis of indicators for National Reconstruction Information Management System for Pakistan

    Series series Local Government
    Data is the diet of development. Planning requires data about the present situation to determine the needs before required resources are mobilized to meet them. For example, data about present schools, their infrastructure, enrolment and the number of school age children will have to be analyzed before deciding what to do about the present schools and build new ones.The new Local Government system ... Read more

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    Urban flooding is a significant challenge which today increasingly confronts the residents of the expanding cities and towns of developing countries, as well as policymakers and national, regional and local government officials. The Global Handbook presents the state-of-the art in urban flood risk management in a thorough and user-friendly way. It serves as a primer in integrated urban flood risk ... Read more

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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents the results of the Interdisciplinary Research Group "Society – Water – Technology" of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. It describes interdisciplinary evaluation criteria for major water engineering projects (MWEPs) and portrays an application to the Lower Jordan Valley (Middle East) and the Fergana Valley (Central Asia). Both areas are characterised by ... Read more

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    Water, Agriculture, Governance and Livelihoods

    Series series Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World
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    Facing Water Scarcity

    by Sandra Postel ...
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    $34.99 USD

  • Sustainable Qatar

    Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book provides a topical overview of the key sustainability issues in Qatar, focusing on environmental sustainability from a socio-political perspective. The transition to a sustainable Qatar requires engagement with diverse areas of social-political, human, and environmental development. On the environmental aspects, the contributors address climate change, food security, water ... Read more

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