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  • Water Policy in Israel

    Context, Issues and Options

    Edited by Nir Becker ...
    Series series Global Issues in Water Policy
    This book deals with water policy in Israel. It offers a detailed examination of the main sources of Israel’s water, its principle consumers, the gap between supply and demand, and the complex, contentious work of analyzing and devising the nation’s water management and use policies.Water Policy in Israel is arranged in five broad sections: The dynamics of moving from one policy era to another; ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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  • The Global Environment

    Edited by Kei Takeuchi, Masatoshi Yoshino ...
    The ffiM Japan International Symposium Energy and Environment - Global Warming was held in the Keidanren Guesthouse at the foot of Mt. Fuji, from October 21 to 24, 1990. The symposium was conducted in the context of ffiM Japan's longstanding commitment to good corporate citizenship. On this beautiful planet with its inter-dependent waters, lands and atmo sphere, we consider that the problems ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Nile River

    Edited by Abdelazim M. Negm ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Nile River, which is the main source of water in Egypt. The respective chapters examine the Nile journey; the Aswan High Dam Reservoir; morphology and sediment quality of the Nile; threats to biodiversity; fish and fisheries; rain-fed agriculture, rainfall data, and fluctuations in rainfall; the impact of climate ... Read more

    $305.09 USD

  • Remote Sensing for Site Characterization

    Edited by Friedrich Kuehn, Trude V.V. King, Bernhard Hoerig, Douglas C. Peters ...
    Series series Methods in Environmental Geology
    Friedrich Kuehn The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Germany, in cooperation with scientists from universities, research institutes, and industry, has characterized waste disposal sites in Germany. The work was commissioned by the Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt) and funded by the Ger man Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • In Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate in Groundwater

    Edited by C. Herb Ward, Hans F. Stroo ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    In the late 1970s and early 1980s, our nation began to grapple with the legacy of past disposal practices for toxic chemicals. With the passage in 1980 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, it became the law of the land to remediate these sites. The U. S. Department of Defense (DoD), the nation’s largest industrial ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Primary Energy

    Present Status and Future Perspectives

    Edited by Klaus O. Thielheim ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The enormous public interest of specialists as well as of engaged and concerned citizens in the energy problem can be understood in view of the fact that the future of national and world-wide economy depends on the availability of sufficient primary energy. The questions arising are: which forms of primary energy exist principally? by what means and at what cost can they be brought to useful ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Quality and Treatment of Drinking Water II

    by R.A. Baumann, I.R. Falconer, J.K. Fawell, J. Hoigne, H. Horth, J. Hrubec, F.X.R. van Leeuwen, C. Rav-Acha, P. van Zoonen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Drinking water quality is a vast and complex subject. In addition to the topics already addressed in Volume 5, part B of this Handbook in 1995, this new volume discusses in an authoritative way the current key issues of drinking water quality and its control: - Toxicity tests for assessing drinking water quality - Toxicological approaches for developing drinking water standards - Analysis of ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Nile Delta

    Edited by Abdelazim M. Negm ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume presents up-to-date research on the Nile Delta and discusses the challenges involved in and opportunities for improving its productivity. The topics addressed include: groundwater in the Nile Delta and its quality; the mapping of groundwater with remote sensing technologies; land degradation; salt-affected soils; on-farm irrigation; the remediation of agricultural drainage water for ... Read more

    $287.99 USD

  • Water Management and Public Participation

    Case Studies from the Yamuna River Basin, India

    by Alka Upadhyay, Alka Upadhyay ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is an approach that promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Without public interest and participation, successful implementation of IWRM plans for river basin cannot be ... Read more

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  • Waste Water Treatment and Reuse in the Mediterranean Region

    Edited by Damià Barceló, Mira Petrovic ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Water scarcity and the need for ecological sustainability have led to the introduction of treated waste water as an additional water resource in the national water resource management plans of Mediterranean countries. Summarizing the results generated within the European Union-funded project INNOVA-MED, this volume highlights the following topics:Application of innovative technologies and ... Read more

    $287.99 USD

  • Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions

    Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Social Sciences

    Edited by Graciela Schneier-Madanes, Marie-Francoise Courel ...
    International voices fill the pages of Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions, forming an original scientific exploration of current water research and management issues.In arid regions, agriculture that is ill-adapted to the environment, accelerated urbanization, poverty, and increasing pollution challenge access to and uses of water. Understanding these issues requires incorporating findings ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Ancient Water Technologies

    Edited by L. Mays ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    There is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of all life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today’s world, as well as a source of conflict. This fascinating book, which sets out many of the ingenious methods by which ancient societies gathered, transported and stored water, is a timely publication as overextraction and profligacy threaten the existence of aquifers and ... Read more

    $179.09 USD