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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “jonathan kaledin”
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  • Water and Cities in Latin America

    Challenges for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Ismael Aguilar-Barajas, Jürgen Mahlknecht, Jonathan Kaledin, Marianne Kjellén, Abel Mejía-Betancourt ...
    Series series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
    Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres. Pressure on water resources and water management in cities therefore provide major challenges. Despite the importance of the issues, there has been little systematic coverage of the topic in book form.This work fills a gap in the literature by providing both thematic overviews and case study chapters. It ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • The Singapore Water Story

    Sustainable Development in an Urban City State

    by Cecilia Tortajada, Yugal Joshi, Asit K. Biswas ...
    Singapore´s journey during the past 45 years is an outstanding example that, in spite of multiple hardships, pragmatic policies, clear visions, long-term planning, forward-looking strategies and political will, as well as a relentless urge to improve, can result in strong foundations for sustainable development.This book describes the journey of Singapore´s development and the fundamental role ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Engineering Nature

    Water, Development, and the Global Spread of American Environmental Expertise

    by Jessica B. Teisch ...
    Focusing on globalization in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jessica Teisch examines the processes by which American water and mining engineers who rose to prominence during and after the California Gold Rush of 1849 exported the United States' growing technical and environmental knowledge and associated social and political institutions. In the frontiers of Australia, South ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology

    Edited by Luis Chicharo, Felix Müller, Nicola Fohrer ...
    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. ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Sustainable Water for the Future

    Water Recycling versus Desalination

    Edited by Andrea Schäfer, Isabel C. Escobar ...
    Series Book 2 - Sustainability Science and Engineering
    This book is part of a series on sustainability. Specifically, it deals with the issue of sustainable water use. Fresh sources of potable water are being depleted across the world. Pure water is the goal of water utilities as well as several industries. Well past the experimental stage, membrane processes are now a proven and reliable method of providing high-quality, cost-effective water. ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

  • Environmental Contaminants

    Using natural archives to track sources and long-term trends of pollution

    Edited by Jules M. Blais, John P. Smol, Michael R. Rosen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The human footprint on the global environment now touches every corner of the world. This book explores the myriad ways that environmental archives can be used to study the distribution and long-term trajectories of chemical contaminants. The volume first focuses on reviews that examine the integrity of the historic record, including factors related to hydrology, post-depositional diffusion, and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Technological Interventions in Management of Irrigated Agriculture

    Edited by Megh R. Goyal, Susmitha S. Nambuthiri, Richard Koech ...
    Series series Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering
    With a roster of international contributors, this volume offers an abundance of solutions to address agricultural water management challenges in today’s water-scarce areas of the world. The authors present studies on farmer-friendly irrigation scheduling methods, model-based analysis of crop water requirements, ways to optimize surface irrigation systems, and hydraulic design and management of ... Read more

    $165.00 USD

  • Reviving Lakes and Wetlands in the People's Republic of China, Volume 2

    Lessons Learned on Integrated Water Pollution Control from Chao Lake Basin

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    Series series Reviving Lakes and Wetlands in the People's Republic of China
    This publication continues the Asian Development Bank's analysis of lake and wetland rehabilitation in the People's Republic of China. It examines how the current situation in the Chao Lake Basin compares with international thinking on the conditions necessary for sustainable management of lake basins. The analysis highlights that the creation of the Chao Lake Management Authority (CLMA) and the ... Read more

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  • Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe

    Edited by Hans Middelkoop, Paul F. Hudson ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume provides a comprehensive perspective on geomorphic approaches to management of lowland alluvial rivers in North America and Europe. Many lowland rivers have been heavily managed for flood control and navigation for decades or centuries, resulting in engineered channels and embanked floodplains with substantially altered sediment loads and geomorphic processes. Over the past decade, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Multifunctional Wetlands

    Pollution Abatement and Other Ecological Services from Natural and Constructed Wetlands

    Edited by Nidhi Nagabhatla, Christopher D. Metcalfe ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes how natural or constructed wetlands can be used to reduce pollution of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, while still preserving their biodiversity and ecological functions. Through a series of case histories described in 10 chapters in the monograph, the readers will gain an understanding of the opportunities, as well as the challenges associated with reducing point and non ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Advanced Energy Saving and its Applications in Industry

    by Kazuo Matsuda, Yasuki Kansha, Chihiro Fushimi, Atsushi Tsutsumi, Akira Kishimoto ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The conventional approach for energy saving in a process system is to maximize heat recovery without changing any process conditions by using pinch technology. “Self-heat recuperation technology” was developed to achieve further energy saving in the process system by eliminating the necessity for any external heat input, such as firing or imported steam. Advanced Energy Saving and its Applications ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Renewable Energy Technologies for Water Desalination

    Edited by Hacene Mahmoudi, Noreddine Ghaffour, Jochen Bundschuh, Mattheus Goosen ...
    Series series Sustainable Water Developments - Resources, Management, Treatment, Efficiency and Reuse
    The book presents a thorough overview of the latest trends and challenges in renewable energy technologies applications for water desalination, with an emphasis on environmental concerns and sustainable development. Emphasis is on the various uses of renewable energy, as well as economics & scale-up, government subsidies & regulations, and environmental concerns. It provides an indication on how ... Read more

    $77.99 USD