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  • Water and Sanitation in the New Millennium

    Edición de K..J. Nath, Vinod Prakash Sharma ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This contributed volume is about water resources, their variability with prevalent environmental conditions and its sustainable management in India.Water has always been the life line for survival. An adequate supply of safe drinking water is one of the major pre-requisites for a healthy life. Time and again water has been a means of consolidating power in the human society. In the beginning of ... Leer más

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  • Blue Gold

    The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water

    "Probably the most eloquent call to arms we're likely to hear about the politics of water" ( The Globe and Mail , Toronto).In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global crisis," Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the privatization of water show how, contrary to received wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy ( In These Times). Our ... Leer más

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  • The Water Wizard – The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water

    Traducido por Callum Coats ...
    More energy is encapsulated in every drop of good spring water than an average-sized power station is presently able to produce. Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) Water – all life depends on it. Yet how often do we stop to consider its true significance, its essential nature? The Water Wizard, the first volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and convincing ... Leer más

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  • Empire of Water

    An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply

    de David Soll ...
    Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation's largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water ... Leer más

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  • Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides an integrated analysis of the methodologies and main processes occurring at the entire river basin, from upstream until the coast, by merging the biological and hydrological processes with the social and economic components, thus providing an integrated framework for river basin management, integrating the ecohydrology approach with the ecosystem services concept. ... Leer más

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  • Sustainable Water Use and Management

    Examples of New Approaches and Perspectives

    Edición de Walter Leal Filho, Vakur Sümer ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Contributing to the growing debate on the need for sustainable water use and management, with concrete examples of new approaches, concepts, arguments, methods and findings which illustrate how this can be achieved, this book will be attractive for large groups of readers familiar with one or more of the themes it tackles, and to the general public. Within this context, the book makes use of many ... Leer más

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  • The Global Environment

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

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  • Biotechnology for Environmental Protection in the Pulp and Paper Industry

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Pulp and paper production has increased globally and will continue to increase in the near future. Approximately 155 million tons of wood pulp is produced worldwide and about 260 million is projected for the year 2010. To be able to cope with increasing demand, an increase in productivity and improved environmental performance is needed as the industry is also under constant pressure to reduce and ... Leer más

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  • Water and Territory in Latin America

    Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

    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 ... Leer más

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  • Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste

    Dredged Material and Mine Tailings

    Edición de Wim Salomons, Ulrich Förstner ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Dredged Material and Mine Tailings are two of the same thing once they are deposited on land: they must be safe-guarded, wash-out must be prevented, and they must be protected by a plantcover. This comprehensive treatise covers both important aspects of their management: In Chemistry and Biology of Solid Waste the principles and assessment are scientifically studied and discussed, while ... Leer más

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  • ISFRAM 2015

    Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Research and Management 2015

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book focuses on international research in flood-related areas and sustainable management. It consists of a compilation of innovative works, demonstrating best practices in flood management and recommend flood solutions. The selected papers cover the fundamentals and latest advances in the area, complete with illustrations, diagrams and tables. These proceedings serve as a source of ... Leer más

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  • Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans

    Initiating a Sustainable Co-operative Network

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    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 ... Leer más

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