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“jay lund”

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  • Regional Water System Management

    Water Conservation, Water Supply and System Integration

    Edited by Enrique Cabrera, R. Cobacho, Jay Lund ...
    The spectacular industrial and economic development of the twentieth century was achieved at a considerable environmental cost. The increasingly precarious position of water, the most valuable of natural resources, reflects this trend. Today we have come to realise that concepts of sustainable development need to ... Read more

    $370.00 USD

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  • Conservation for Cities

    How to Plan & Build Natural Infrastructure

    by Robert I. McDonald ...
    It's time to think differently about cities and nature. Understanding how to better connect our cities with the benefits nature provides will be increasingly important as people migrate to cities and flourish in them. All this urban growth, along with challenges of adapting to climate change, will require a new approach to infrastructure if we're going to be successful. Yet guidance on how to plan ... Read more

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  • Waste-to-Energy

    Technologies and Project Implementation

    by Marc J. Rogoff, Francois Screve ...
    This book covers in detail programs and technologies for converting traditionally landfilled solid wastes into energy through waste-to-energy projects - Modern Waste-to-Energy plants are being built around the world to reduce the levels of solid waste going into landfill sites and contribute to renewable energy and carbon reduction targets. The latest technologies have also reduced the pollution ... Read more

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  • Forest Management and Planning

    by Pete Bettinger, Kevin Boston, Jacek P. Siry, Donald L. Grebner ...
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  • Water Finance

    Public Responsibilities and Private Opportunities

    by Neil S. Grigg ...
    Series Book 677 - Wiley Finance
    A detailed look at the water industry and the trends that can lead to investment opportunitiesWater has quickly grown into a big global business, with annual revenues in the United States alone reaching over $200 billion. In the years ahead, companies as well as governments must find innovative ways to address important issues within this field without sacrificing basic needs, such as safety of ... Read more

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  • Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century

    by Abhas K. Jha, Robin Bloch, Jessica Lamond ...
    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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  • Urban Risk Assessments: An Approach for Understanding Disaster and Climate Risk in Cities

    by The World Bank ...
    This book presents a framework, the Urban Risk Assessment, for assessing disaster and climate risk in cities which is intended to assist in decision-making, urban planning, and designing risk management programs. The approach seeks to strengthen coherence and consensus within and across cities in understanding and planning for risk from natural disasters and climate change. The target audience for ... Read more

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  • Environmental Land Use Planning and Management

    Second Edition

    by John Randolph ...
    Since the first publication of this landmark textbook in 2004, it has received high praise for its clear, comprehensive, and practical approach. The second edition continues to offer a unique framework for teaching and learning interdisciplinary environmental planning, incorporating the latest thinking, newest research findings, and numerous, updated case studies into the solid foundation of the ... Read more

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  • 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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  • Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility

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  • Water Markets for the 21st Century

    What Have We Learned?

    Edited by K. William Easter, Qiuqiong Huang ...
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    This book evaluates the history, the present and the future of water markets on 5 continents, beginning with the institutional underpinnings of water markets and factors influencing transaction costs. The book examines markets in seven countries and three different U.S. states, ranging from village-level water markets in Oman to basin wide formal water markets in Australia's Murray-Darling River ... Read more

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