Water and Society IV
Water and Society IV

Author: C.A. Brebbia

Publisher: WIT Press

Published: 2017-08-30

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1784661856

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This volume presents papers from the 4th International Conference on Water & Society. The focus of the conference was to encourage trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. The valuable research contained in this book demonstrates the need to bridge the gap between specialists in physical sciences, biology, environmental sciences and health. The availability of clean and inexpensive water can no longer be taken for granted as the need for water continues to increase due a growing global population. Heavy water consumers such as agriculture and industry often contribute to its contamination. Water distribution networks in urban areas and soiled water collection systems, present serious problems as well as the need to maintain ageing infrastructures. Possible technologically solutions, such as desalination or pumping systems are energy demanding but, as costs rise, the techniques currently developed may need to be re-assessed. The following list covers some of the subjects included in this book: Water resources management; Agribusiness; Water as a human right; Water quality; Water resources contamination; Sanitation and health; Water and disaster management; Policy and legislation; Future water demands; Irrigation and water management; Management of catchments; Groundwater management and conservation.

Water Policy and Management in Spain
Water Policy and Management in Spain

Author: Francisco González-Gómez

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1134921500

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Spain is facing an increasingly difficult situation in terms of water stress. This is an issue that is due mostly to poor management practices in all sectors. Large amounts of water have been used for agricultural purposes at very low prices for too long; there is an uncontrolled use of most aquifers in rural areas which result from ineffective control by the public administration; per capita consumption continues increasing as well as water used for industrial and energy generation, the construction and tourism sectors and for recreation activities. In fact, they have all exerted additional pressure on available water resources. In order to face the above challenges, water policy has made a gradual shift towards more rational and sustainable management of water resources. This has also been influenced by the European Water Framework Directive about which, as the book discusses, there are both myths and misunderstandings. This book analyses the very complex position of all sectors in the country, the alternatives available and the challenges ahead. In so doing, it makes an important contribution to the literature on water resources management. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Gestión y Contaminación de recursos hídricos.
Gestión y Contaminación de recursos hídricos.

Author: Antonio Pulido Bosch

Publisher: Universidad Almería

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9788482406626

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Las regiones semiáridas tienen problemas de escasez de agua, agravados por la contaminación. Este libro recoge experiencias de expertos en el dominio de la gestión de las aguas en regiones áridas y semiáridas, con ejemplos sobre Libia o el SW de Estados Unidos. Se analizan la problemática almeriense y el ejemplo paradigmático del abastecimiento a Murcia. La simulación numérica de la contaminación de acuíferos, o un interesante enfoque del agua en la minería, completan una obra de consulta obligada para los especialistas.

Cross Border Waters
Cross Border Waters

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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Presents a series of scholary papers on environmental issues facing the Mexican American Border Region, presented at the 1998 U.S./Mexico Border States Conference on Recreation, Parks, and Wildlife in Tucson.

Re-thinking Water and Food Security
Re-thinking Water and Food Security

Author: Luis Martinez-Cortina

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2010-09-30

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0203829824

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This book provides an overview, by leading world experts, on key issues in global water and food security. The book is divided in a series of over-arching themes and sections. The first part of the book provides an overview of water and food security. The second and third sections look at global trade and virtual water trade, and provide some

Homenatge professor Josep M.Costa (eBooK) 1a part. Trends in electrochemistry and corrosion at the beginning of the 21st century
Homenatge professor Josep M.Costa (eBooK) 1a part. Trends in electrochemistry and corrosion at the beginning of the 21st century

Author: Pere-Lluís Cabot Julia

Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona

Published: 2004-04-13

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 8447527921

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Esta primera parte del libro "Trends in Electrochemistry and Corrosion at the beginning of the 21st century", dedicado al Prof. Josep M. Costa en ocasión de su 70 aniversario, reúne un total de 33 artículos y revisiones originales, tanto científicas como tecnológicas, correspondientes al campo de la Electroquímica. Estos trabajos están escritos en español e inglés por unos 110 investigadores de todo el mundo, y son exponentes representativos del gran nivel alcanzado por la investigación internacional en diversas materias de gran interés en la Electroquímica de principios de este siglo XXI. Los trabajos se han agrupado en 5 capítulos generales relativos a los campos de Electroquímica Molecular, Electrodeposición, Electrodos Modificados, Descontaminación Electroquímica, y Sensores y Electroanálisis....This first part of the book "Trends in Electrochemistry and Corrosion at the beginning of the 21st century", dedicated to Professor Josep M. Costa in occasion of his 70th birthday, collects 33 original papers and reviews, both scientific and technologic, corresponding to the field of Electrochemistry. These works are written in English and Spanish by about 110 researchers of all around the world, and are representative exponents of the high level reached by the international research in several topics of great interest in Electrochemistry at the beginning of the 21st Century. The works have been distributed into five general chapters related to the fields of Molecular Electrochemistry, Electrodeposition, Modified Electrodes, Electrochemical Depollution, and Sensors and Electroanalysis.

Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. N Vol. III
Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. N Vol. III

Author: Naim Afgan

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13: 9812706402

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Sustainability is a new, important discourse aimed at promoting a new strategy in the development of energy, water and environmental (EWE) systems ? the key components that affect the quality of life on our planet. It is becoming increasingly clear that the quest for sustainable development requires integrating economic, social, cultural, political and ecological factors. The behavior and properties of an EWE system arise not merely from the properties of its component elements, but also to a large degree also from the nature and intensity of their dynamic interlinkages. This volume helps clarify the complexity of these problems by providing a deeper understanding of the implications of the different aspects of sustainability.This work contains a collection of selected, peer-reviewed and state-of-the-art reflecting papers that were presented at the Third Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems that was held in June 5?10, 2005 in Dubrovnik, Croatia.