More Crop Per Drop

More Crop Per Drop

Author: Meredith Giordano

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1843391120

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This volume is an analytical summary and a critical synthesis of research at the International Water Management Institute over the past decade under its evolving research paradigm known popularly as 'more crop per drop'. The research synthesized here covers the full range of issues falling in the larger canvas of water-food-health-environment interface. Besides its immediate role in sharing knowledge with the research, donor, and policy communities, this volume also has a larger purpose of promoting a new way of looking at the water issues within the broader development context of food, livelihood, health and environmental challenges. More crop per drop: Revisiting a research paradigm contrasts the acquired wisdom and fresh thinking on some of the most challenging water issues of our times. It describes new tools, approaches, and methodologies and also illustrates them with practical application both from a global perspective and within the local and regional contexts of Asia and Africa. Since this volume brings together all major research works of IWMI, including an almost exhaustive list of citations, in one single set of pages, it is very valuable not only as a reference material for researchers and students but also as a policy tool for decision-makers and development agencies.


Urban Stormwater Management in the United States

Urban Stormwater Management in the United States

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-03-17

Total Pages: 611

ISBN-13: 0309125391

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The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.


Dividing the Waters

Dividing the Waters

Author: William Andrew Blomquist

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Not only are these water supplies not depleted, they are in fact relatively healthy despite California's recent six-year drought.


The History of Large Federal Dams

The History of Large Federal Dams

Author: David P. Billington

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 9780160728235

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Explores the story of Federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction.