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  • Water Security and Climate Change

    Adaptation for Sustainable and Resilient Development

    Edited by Mukand Babel, Andreas Haarstrick, Lars Ribbe, Victor R. Shinde, Anil Aryal, Kaushal Chapagain ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a curated collection of cutting-edge research and practical insights into one of the most pressing global challenges of our time: securing water under a changing climate. Framed around the need for adaptive strategies to foster sustainable and resilient development, it explores the multifaceted dimensions of water security through an integrated lens that bridges science, policy, ... Read more

    $224.09 USD

  • Water Security in Asia

    Opportunities and Challenges in the Context of Climate Change

    Edited by Mukand Babel, Andreas Haarstrick, Lars Ribbe, Victor R. Shinde, Norbert Dichtl ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book assesses the current water-security situation in Asia. The thematic areas of the book discuss the United Nation’s sustainable development goals with a particular focus on Goal 6 (“Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation”) and Goal 13 (“Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”). Asia has been facing a number of water-related challenges ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Towards Water Secure Societies

    Coping with Water Scarcity and Quality Challenges

    Edited by Lars Ribbe, Andreas Haarstrick, Mukand Babel, Sudeh Dehnavi, H. K. Biesalski ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the water security challenges with focus on water scarcity and quality in our rapidly changing world. Achieving water security is essential to promoting economic and social development, as well as resource sustainability and ecosystem integrity. Questions of water security are central to recent global agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Land Use and Climate Change Interactions in Central Vietnam

    LUCCi

    Edited by Alexandra Nauditt, Lars Ribbe ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book summarizes the key findings of a five-year interdisciplinary research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF). It serves as a typical case study for a rapidly growing and developing urban center – Da Nang City, which is surrounded by remote areas characterized by increasing migration and limited development. A number of German and Vietnamese ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Natural Disasters and Risk Management in Canada

    An Introduction

    by Nirupama Agrawal ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    These chapters provide valuable and comprehensive information on a variety of hazards, including both scientific and social aspects of disasters. The work introduces the concept of large, medium and small scale hazards, and includes many useful case studies as well as working examples of theoretical concepts.As readers will acknowledge, today the distinction between natural and technological ... Read more

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  • Methods of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment

    Edited by Peter Morris, Riki Therivel, Graham Wood ...
    Series series Natural and Built Environment Series
    Environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) is an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful ESIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Riki Therivel and Graham Wood bring together the latest advice on best practicefrom experienced ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

    by Walter Leal Filho ...
    Series series Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
    This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is that ... Read more

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  • Geospatial Modeling for Environmental Management

    Case Studies from South Asia

    Edited by Shruti Kanga, Suraj Kumar Singh, Gowhar Meraj, Majid Farooq ...
    This is a comprehensive resource that integrates the application of innovative remote sensing techniques and geospatial tools in modeling Earth systems for environmental management beyond customary digitization and mapping practices. It identifies the most suitable approaches for a specific environmental problem, emphasizes the importance of physically based modeling, their uncertainty analysis, ... Read more

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  • Geoinformatics for Sustainable Urban Development

    Edited by Sulochana Shekhar, Deepak Kumar ...
    Series series Routledge Series on the Indian Ocean and Trans-Asia
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  • Climate Change and Community Resilience

    Insights from South Asia

    Edited by A. K. Enamul Haque, Pranab Mukhopadhyay, Mani Nepal, Md Rumi Shammin ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book documents myriads of ways community-based climate change adaptation and resilience programs are being implemented in South Asian countries. The narrative style of writing in this volume makes it accessible to a diverse audience from academics and researchers to practitioners in various governmental, non-governmental and international agencies. At a time when climate change ... Read more

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  • The Environmental Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh

    Edited by Samiya A. Selim, Shantanu Kumar Saha, Rumana Sultana, Carolyn Roberts ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability
    This book examines the key Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) relating to environmental sustainability and provides a cutting-edge assessment of current progress with the view of achieving these goals by 2030.Within South Asia, the book pays particular attention to Bangladesh, as a country representative of emerging economies which are struggling to meet their goals. Drawing on the three pillars ... Read more

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