Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions

Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions

Author: Enrique Campos-Lopez

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-08

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0429725078

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In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.


Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions

Natural Resources And Development In Arid Regions

Author: Enrique Campos-Lopez

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-08

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0429705069

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In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.


Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region

Groundwater Resources Development and Planning in the Semi-Arid Region

Author: Chaitanya B. Pande

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-05-27

Total Pages: 571

ISBN-13: 3030681246

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This book addresses the various challenges in achieving sustainable groundwater development, management, and planning in semi-arid regions, with a focus on India, and discusses advanced remote sensing and GIS techniques for the estimation and management of groundwater resources. The book is timely as there is a need for a better understanding of the various tools and methods required to efficiently and sustainably meet the growing demand for clean surface and groundwater in developing countries, and how these tools can be combined with other strategies in a multi-disciplinary fashion to achieve this goal in water-scarce regions. To wit, the book combines remote sensing and GIS techniques, runoff modeling, aquifer mapping, land use and land cover analyses, evapotranspiration estimation, crop coefficients, and water policy approaches. This will be of use to academics, policymakers, social scientists, and professionals involved in the various aspects of sustainable groundwater development, planning, and management.


Natural Resources and Development in Arid Regions

Natural Resources and Development in Arid Regions

Author: Enrique Campos-Lopez

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-07

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780367169381

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In this book, the authors integrate various perspectives on the evaluation of natural resources in arid and semiarid zones, analyze development options, and discuss systems analysis tools that could be important for the management of technology.


Hydrology and Best Practices for Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

Hydrology and Best Practices for Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

Author: Ondieki, Christopher Misati

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1522527206

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The management of water resources is extremely important for survival. Depending on the climate, certain regions require different strategies to maintain sustainable hydrological systems. Hydrology and Best Practices for Managing Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands is a crucial scholarly resource that outlines current trends in water management and offers solutions for the future of this growing field. Highlighting pertinent topics such as hydrological processes modelling, satellite hydrology, water pollution, and climate resources, this publication is ideal for environmental engineers, academicians, graduate students, and researchers that are eager to discover more about the issues and processes currently shaping water management technology.


Water Management in Arid and Semi-arid Regions

Water Management in Arid and Semi-arid Regions

Author: Phoebe Koundouri

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1845429974

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Water deficiency in many arid and semi-arid regions in Southern Europe is becoming a major constraint for economic welfare and sustainable regional development. These regions are characterised by high spatial and temporal imbalances of water demand and supply, seasonal water uses, inadequate water resources and poor institutional water management. The aim of this book is to formulate appropriate strategies and guidelines for water management necessary for the formulation and implementation of integrated sustainable management of water resources. Lessons are learned from various case studies, which examine competing water use patterns, compare governance structures and how these have evolved in response to scarcity, and structural and non-structural instruments to address water deficiency. Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions will appeal to policymakers in relevant countries as well as to scholars and researchers of environmental studies and economics.


Extractive Industries in Arid and Semi-arid Zones

Extractive Industries in Arid and Semi-arid Zones

Author: Joachim Gratzfeld

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 2831707412

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This publication aims to contribute to planning and management approaches that minimize land degradation and desertification in arid and semi-arid zones as a result of extractive industries operations. Both operational and policy guidance are included to help those government departments responsible for the licensing, planning and monitoring of extractive industries activities to take account of environment and development issues in their decision-making.


Arid Land Systems: Sciences and Societies

Arid Land Systems: Sciences and Societies

Author: Troy Sternberg

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2019-08-19

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 3039213474

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Understanding deserts and drylands is essential, as arid landscapes cover >40% of the Earth and are home to two billion people. Today's problematic environment–human interaction needs contemporary knowledge to address dryland complexity. Physical dimensions in arid zones—land systems, climate and hazards, ecology—are linked with social processes that directly impact drylands, such as land management, livelihoods, and development. The challenges require integrated research that identifies systemic drivers across global arid regions. Measurement and monitoring, field investigation, remote sensing, and data analysis are effective tools to investigate natural dynamics. Equally, inquiry into how policy and practice affect landscape sustainability is key to mitigating detrimental activity in deserts. Relations between socio-economic forces and degradation, agro-pastoral rangeland use, drought and disaster and resource extraction reflect land interactions. Contemporary themes of food security, conflict, and conservation are interlinked in arid environments. This book unifies desert science, arid environments, and dryland development. The chapters identify land dynamics, address system risks and delineate human functions through original research in arid zones. Mixed methodologies highlight the vital links between social and environmental science in global deserts. The book engages with today's topical themes and presents novel analyses of arid land systems and societies.


Water Resources in Arid Lands: Management and Sustainability

Water Resources in Arid Lands: Management and Sustainability

Author: Ali Al-Maktoumi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-26

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 3030670287

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This book presents the most recent innovative studies in the field of water resources for arid areas to move towards more sustainable management of the resources. It gathers outstanding contributions presented at the 2nd International Water Conference on Water Resources in Arid Areas (IWC), which was held online (Muscat, Oman) in November 2020. Papers discuss challenges and solutions to alleviate water resource scarcity in arid areas, including water resources management, the introduction of modern irrigation systems, natural groundwater recharge, construction of dams for artificial recharge, use of treated wastewater, and desalination technologies. As such, the book provides a platform for the exchange of recent advances in water resources research, which are essential to improving the critical water situation and to move towards more sustainable management of water resources.


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Author: Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 1548

ISBN-13:

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