The Litani River, Lebanon: An Assessment and Current Challenges, Amin Shaban; Mouin Hamz?

Автор: Gina Moran
Название: Coastal Zones: Management, Assessment & Current Challenges
ISBN: 1634856112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781634856119
Издательство: Nova Science
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Описание: This current book provides up-to-date research on the management, assessment and current challenges of coastal zones. Chapter One reviews the Coastal Area Management Programme (CAMP) of the Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP). Chapter Two introduces atypical example accounting for a comparative analysis between wetlands in Lebanon with different hydrology and aquifer characteristics. Chapter Three emphasizes a need for more careful monitoring of mosquito vector abundance and disease transmission in coastal zones and incorporating recent findings into coastal planning and management programs. Chapter Four aims to account for procedures taken by coastal, insular, and archipelagic states when claiming the extension of its oceanic limits.

Автор: Oleg S. Pokrovsky
Название: The Arctic: Current Issues and Challenges
ISBN: 1536173061 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781536173062
Издательство: Nova Science
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Описание: The importance of the Arctic in many fields of human activity strongly increased over the past decades. The academic scientific research demonstrates a 3-fold increase in the number of journal articles dealing with "Arctic": from 1,400 in 2000 to 4,200 in 2018. This increase is not fortuitous but certainly stems from double importance of Arctic regions for humanity. The first importance is the role that the Arctic plays in the on-going environmental changes, mostly linked to climate warming and environmental pollution. Here, the first key issues are the Arctic Ocean, ice melt, permafrost thaw, greenhouse gases emission, and organic carbon mobilization from soils to rivers. From the other hand, highly fragile Arctic ecosystems and biota are strongly affected by environmental pollution, be it organic compounds or toxic metals and radionuclides. The rising concern of humanity to the key role of the Arctic in climate regulation on the planetary scale and the extreme fragility of its ecosystem, biota and native population to on-going environmental change can certainly explain an explosive interest of scientific researchers to the Arctic in connection with aclimate change. The second big issue of the Arctic is its eminent role in problems of natural resources. The Artic shelf contains vast amount of hydrocarbons (gas and oil), whereas the terrestrial polar regions, now liberating from ice, may turn out to be highly important sites of future ore industry. The importance of possibly ice-free Arctic Ocean as future maritime shipping routes will further enhance the accessibility of natural resources in this region. Taken together, this can be the main driving factors of almost exponential increase in the interest to natural resources in the Arctic over past few years. The present book addresses a wide variety of environmental, social and economic issues of the Arctic, in response to rising interest to this region in academic science, sociology and business. The 14 chapters represent state-of-the art reviews written by the experts on problems of native communities, climate change, political issues, implementation of large-scale projects, natural resources and conservation, environmental monitoring and assessment of pollution issues.

Автор: Afsoon Moatari-Kazerouni
Название: Strategic Advances in Environmental Impact Assessment: Challenges of Unconventional Shale Gas Extraction
ISBN: 1536144339 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781536144338
Издательство: Nova Science
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Описание: Shale gas is natural gas that is tightly locked within low permeability sedimentary rock. Recent technological advances are making shale gas reserves increasingly accessible and their recovery more economically feasible. This resource is already being exploited in South Africa, China, the United States and Canada. Shale gas is being produced in large volumes, and will likely be developed in coming years on every continent except Antarctica. Depending on factors such as future natural gas prices and government regulations, further development of shale gas resources could potentially span many decades and involve the drilling of tens of thousands of hydraulically fractured horizontal wells. This development is changing long-held expectations about oil and gas resource availability; several observers have characterized it as a game changer. Abundant, close to major markets, and relatively inexpensive to produce, shale gas represents a major new source of fossil energy. However, the rapid expansion of shale gas development over the past decade has occurred without a corresponding investment in monitoring and research addressing the impacts on the environment, public health, and communities. The primary concerns are the degradation of the quality of groundwater and surface water (including the safe disposal of large volumes of wastewater); the risk of increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (including fugitive methane emissions during and after production), thus exacerbating anthropogenic climate change; disruptive effects on communities and land; and adverse effects on to human health. Other concerns include the local release of air contaminants and the potential for triggering small- to moderate-sized earthquakes in seismically active areas. These concerns will vary by region. The shale gas regions can be found near urban areas, presenting a large diversity in their geology, hydrology, land uses, and population density. The phrase environmental impacts from shale gas development masks many regional differences that are essential to understanding these impacts.

Автор: Min
Название: Assessment of the Effects of Climate Variability and Land-Use Changes on the Hydrology of the Meuse River Basin
ISBN: 1138434019 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138434011
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This study seeks to elucidate the response of a large river basin (the Meuse in northwest Europe) to climate variability and land use change. A synoptic-climatological analysis examines the observed precipitation change in the basin. The findings are valuable to those developing flood protection strategies.

Автор: Despo Fatta-Kassinos; Dionysios D. Dionysiou; Klau
Название: Wastewater Reuse and Current Challenges
ISBN: 3319238914 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319238913
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: It describes in detail the physicochemical and microbiological alterations in soil resulting from irrigation with treated urban wastewater, and discusses our current understanding of antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants and in downstream environments.

Автор: Shaban
Название: The Litani River, Lebanon: An Assessment and Current Challenges
ISBN: 3319762990 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319762999
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 93160.00 T
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Описание: This book presents a collection of chapters covering research on the Litani River Basin. The Litani River Basin occupies about a quarter of Lebanon`s surface area, and it has recently been subject to severe geo-environmental conditions such as water contamination and decreased discharge.

Автор: Anja du Plessis
Название: Freshwater Challenges of South Africa and its Upper Vaal River
ISBN: 3319495011 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319495019
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book promotes better understanding and awareness of South Africa` significant water problems by describing the country`s and especially the Upper Vaal River`s water resources.