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  • Groundwater

    Recent Advances in Interdisciplinary Knowledge

    Edited by Raya Marina Stephan, James E. Nickum, Philippus Wester ...
    Series series Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
    Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere. Everything around us relies on groundwater, our drinking water and sanitation, our food supply and our natural environment. Yet because it is invisible, information, management and governance of groundwater is often poor and inadequate. This book contributes to UN Water Groundwater year (2022), and to the effort of “making the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

    Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People

    Edited by Philippus Wester, Arabinda Mishra, Aditi Mukherji, Arun Bhakta Shrestha ...
    This open access volume is the first comprehensive assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. It comprises important scientific research on the social, economic, and environmental pillars of sustainable mountain development and will serve as a basis for evidence-based decision-making to safeguard the environment and advance people’s well-being. The compiled content is based on the ... Read more

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  • Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Ephraim Nkonya, Alisher Mirzabaev, Joachim von Braun ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. ... Read more

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  • Water Security, Conflict and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia

    Flows across Boundaries

    Edited by Vishal Narain, Dik Roth ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book explores the implications of urbanization in South Asia for water (in-) security in the peri-urban spaces of Dhaka and Khulna in Bangladesh, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune in India, and Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. The book looks into specifically peri-urban water security issues in a context of rapid urbanization and social-environmental changes, including ... Read more

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  • Rangeland Systems

    Processes, Management and Challenges

    Edited by David D. Briske ...
    Series series Springer Series on Environmental Management
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license.This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the ... Read more

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  • Environmental Economics in Developing Countries

    Issues and Challenges

    Edited by Achiransu Acharyya ...
    The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of socio-economic systems globally and exposed the risks that natural capital degradation imposes on human health, economy, and society. This book studies the environmental challenges faced by developing economies in a post-COVID-19 world.Exploring diverse case studies from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, the volume discusses the impact ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Sustainable Land Management: Challenges, Opportunities, And Trade-Offs

    by World Bank ...
    Land is the integrating component of all livelihoods depending on farm, forest, rangeland, or water (rivers, lakes, coastal marine) habitats. Due to varying political, social, and economic factors, the heavy use of natural resources to supply a rapidly growing global population and economy has resulted in the unintended mismanagement and degradation of land and ecosystems. Sustainable Land ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Governance

    Indian and International Perspectives

    Edited by Baleshwar Thakur, Rajiv R. Thakur, Srikumar Chattopadhyay, Rajesh K. Abhay ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book examines the relationship between natural resource management, sustainable development, and governance with case studies from India and other places covering disaster risk reduction, conflict resolution, capacity building, climate change adaptation and resilience, citizen engagement and ecological conservation. Though the studies focus mostly on cases in India, the volume discusses how ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Drip Irrigation for Agriculture

    Untold Stories of Efficiency, Innovation and Development

    Edited by Jean-Philippe Venot, Marcel Kuper, Margreet Zwarteveen ...
    Series series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
    Initially associated with hi-tech irrigated agriculture, drip irrigation is now being used by a much wider range of farmers in emerging and developing countries. This book documents the enthusiasm, spread and use of drip irrigation systems by smallholders but also some disappointments and disillusion faced in the global South. It explores and explains under which conditions it works, for whom and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Climate Hazard Crises in Asian Societies and Environments

    Edited by Troy Sternberg ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
    Climate hazards are the world’s most widespread, deadliest and costliest natural disasters. Knowledge of climate hazard dynamics is critical since the impacts of climate change, population growth, development projects and migration affect both the impact and severity of disasters. Current global events highlight how hazards can lead to significant financial losses, increased mortality rates and ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Integrated Groundwater Management

    Concepts, Approaches and Challenges

    Edited by Anthony J Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau, Randall J Hunt, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Andrew Ross ...
    The aim of this book is to document for the first time the dimensions and requirements of effective integrated groundwater management (IGM). Groundwater management is a formidable challenge, one that remains one of humanity’s foremost priorities. It has become a largely non-renewable resource that is overexploited in many parts of the world. In the 21st century, the issue moves from how to simply ... 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
    This book provides compelling new insights into how cities are attempting to address sustainability challenges via major applications of geospatial technology in an urban area. It elucidates the role of geospatial techniques such as GIS and GNSS, including remote sensing in urban management, and covers the theory and practice of urban sustainability transitions. It provides case studies and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD