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  • Hydrological Processes of the Danube River Basin

    Perspectives from the Danubian Countries

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    The Danube River Basin is shared by 19 countries and there is no river basin in the world shared by so many nations. Europe’s second largest river basin with a total 2 area of about 800,000 km is also home to 83 million people of different cultures, languages and historical backgrounds. Management of common water sources and overcoming dif?culties caused by droughts and ?oods requires co-operation ... Leer más

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  • Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans

    Initiating a Sustainable Co-operative Network

    Series Libro 74 - NATO Science Partnership Subseries
    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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  • The Chain of Life in Geological Time: A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants

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  • Blue Future

    Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

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  • Water: All That Matters

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  • Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination

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    de 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 ... Leer más

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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
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