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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “yahua wang”
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  • Assessing Water Rights in China

    by Yahua Wang ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents a model for describing the hierarchical concept of China’s water rights structure, one which takes into account pioneering theories on natural resources and environmental institutional economics. It highlights the basic theory of water rights, with a view to helping Chinese policymakers acquire a deeper understanding of water rights and the need for a reform program in the long ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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    Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

    by Maude Barlow ...
    Water is a human right: "A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century." — BooklistThe United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be done to stem this growing environmental crisis. In this book, water activist Maude Barlow draws on her extensive experience to lay out a set of key ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination

    A Pakistan Perspective

    by Abida Farooqi ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents an up-to-the-minute overview of arsenic and fluoride pollution of soil and groundwater in Pakistan. It includes the author’s doctoral dissertation on Lahore as a case study and describes the mechanism of pollution on the basis of the findings in that area. The book highlights the concrete situation in Pakistan – including the severity of the problem, its health effects and the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Water Policy in Canada

    Problems and Possible Solutions

    by Mohammed H. Dore ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book deals with the water policy and management in Canada. It discusses various problems and risks in the fresh and drinking water supply in the second largest country in the world. Mohammed Dore argues that water is underpriced and used wastefully in Canada. In selected case studies, he illustrates the major threats from human activity to Canadian freshwaters and drinking water resources, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • An Assessment of Mine Legacies and How to Prevent Them

    A Case Study from Latin America

    by Vladimir Pacheco Cueva ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book seeks to enrich the growing literature on mine legacies by examining a case study of a small abandoned mine in Latin America. Using a combination of Rapid Rural Appraisal and secondary source analysis, this study assessed some of the most damaging legacies of the San Sebastian mine in eastern El Salvador, compared the country’s mine closure legislation against world’s best practice ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Water in the Middle East and in North Africa

    Resources, Protection and Management

    Edited by Fathi Zereini, Wolfgang Jaeschke ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Freshwater is the most precious and valuable natural resource essential for all kind of life on the land surface. Especially man depend on the availability and quality of the water, it is vital for the socio-economic growth of societies and nations as well as for the sustainability of the environment. Freshwater resources are not distrib uted in an equal way over the continents. Regions with ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Surface Modified Carbons as Scavengers for Fluoride from Water

    Edited by Venkataraman Sivasankar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the problems and feasible remediation of fluoride contamination in groundwater. The book investigates applications of various carbons derived from bio-mass and bio-polymers. It also inquires into surface modified carbons that use inorganic ions to help remove excess fluoride ions in drinking water and wastewater effluents. The compliance of kinetic and isotherm models with ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • 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

    $49.49 USD

  • Water and Land Security in Drylands

    Response to Climate Change

    Edited by Mohamed Ouessar, Donald Gabriels, Atsushi Tsunekawa, Steven Evett ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents recent lessons learned in the context of research and development for various dryland ecosystems, focusing on water resources management, land and vegetation cover degradation and remediation, and socioeconomic aspects, as well as integrated approaches to ensuring water and land security in view of the current and predicted climate change. As water and land are the essential ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Data-Driven Modeling: Using MATLAB® in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

    by Shahab Araghinejad ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    “Data-Driven Modeling: Using MATLAB® in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering” provides a systematic account of major concepts and methodologies for data-driven models and presents a unified framework that makes the subject more accessible to and applicable for researchers and practitioners. It integrates important theories and applications of data-driven models and uses them to deal with ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Micro Irrigation Systems in India

    Emergence, Status and Impacts

    Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, A. Narayanamoorthy, P K Viswanathan ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book takes stock of micro irrigation systems (MIS), the technological intervention in India’s agricultural and water management sectors, over the past couple of decades. Based on empirical research from the major agriculturally dynamic states, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the book provides a nuanced understanding and objective assessment of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Water and Territory in Latin America

    Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

    by Vladimir Arana ...
    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 ... Read more

    $89.09 USD