Drought, Risk Management, and Policy, Botterill, Linda Courtena
Автор: Bhaswati Ray; Rajib Shaw Название: Urban Drought ISBN: 9811089469 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811089466 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 121110.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
This book presents water insecurity issues in urban areas while developing a water security index and explores the innovative approaches to water development and management with examples from Asian cities. The urban water crisis is a global phenomenon, but it is more obvious in the megacities of the developing world. Urban drought, although not a familiar term, will pose a significant threat to humankind in the near future, especially in the context of increasing population in cities. Many cities are already unable to provide safe, clean water for their citizens. Some of the world’s largest cities depend heavily on groundwater for their water supply. It is unlikely that dependence on aquifers, which take many years to recharge, will be sustainable. As urban populations grow, water use will need to shift from agriculture to municipal and industrial uses, making decisions about allocating between different sectors difficult.
Inefficient water-use practices by households and industries, fragmented management of water between sectors and institutions, climate-induced water shortages, environmental degradation of water sources, and inadequate use of alternate sources are also issues of major concern. Despite recent advances in the literature, there exists a considerable gap in attempting an integrated water-resource management approach.
Covering all aspects of urban drought and water insecurity, this book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, academics, policy makers, and development practitioners.
Название: Drought Risk Management in South and South-East Asia ISBN: 9353883881 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353883881 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 52800.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: A comprehensive volume on drought risk mitigation and management in South and South-East Asia.
Автор: Indrajit Pal, Mihir Bhatt Название: Drought Risk Management in South and South-East Asia ISBN: 9353883911 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353883911 Издательство: Sage Publications Рейтинг: Цена: 47520.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
The geo-climatic conditions of South and South-East Asian countries are diverse and vulnerable to multiple natural hazards such as drought. Drought evolves over months or even years, affects a large spatial extent and causes enormous damages. Drought Risk Management in South and South-East Asia is a comprehensive reference on overall perspectives and scenarios on drought risk mitigation and management, based on researches and case studies from South and South-East Asian countries. Drought management is a complex area of work that requires active and continuous participation of the national, provincial and local governments, multiple ministries, and divisions. This book demonstrates the best practices of socio-economic and technological interventions to enhance drought risk management, which will help to develop plans and policies, and their implementation to reduce the impact of droughts. It also offers views of field practitioners on impacts of the interventions practised at the national, sub-national and local levels.
Автор: Mohd Ridza Mohd Haniffah, Nor Eliza Alias, Sobri Harun Название: Water Management and Sustainability in Asia ISBN: 1800711158 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781800711150 Издательство: Emerald Рейтинг: Цена: 113820.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Water is life. Managing water quantity and quality is a big part of human responsibility. Water Management and Sustainability in Asia covers topics related to water resources management, including multi- and interdisciplinary research on flood, soil infiltration, contaminants, sediment, water quality, hydrological modelling, and water resources systems.
Presenting case-studies on soil infiltration and contaminants, the impacts of flood with risk assessment, as well as water modelling and management systems. The lessons shared in this volume focus on rapidly developing countries in the South-east Asia who have a complex climate system which presents challenges. This research provides models and projections that can support water management in the region.
Автор: Bhupendra Pushkar Название: Pollutants and Water Management: Resources, Strategies, and Scarcity ISBN: 1774691078 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781774691076 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 142120.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Water differentiates planet earth from all the other planets in the solar system. At the same time, as the global supply of freshwater is beyond enough to meet all contemporary and foreseeable water needs, its spatial and temporal allocations are not. There are numerous areas in which freshwater resources remain inadequate to fulfil domestic, socioeconomic growth and environmental needs. In such areas, the lack of clean water to satisfy human consumption and sanitation needs is indeed a limitation on human health and productivity, and for this reason on economic growth as well as on the upkeep of a clean environment and holistic ecosystems. This book mentions that researchers must discover ways to take away these constraints. There are a couple of demanding situations in doing that, in particular given an unstable and unsure future climate, plus a rapidly developing population that is driving expanded socioeconomic improvement, globalization, and urbanization. How best to fulfil these needs requires research in various areas of water management. This book identifies the problems facing water managers today, and the research required to better inform individuals who attempt to develop a more sustainable and suitable future.
Автор: Katrinell M. Davis Название: Tainted Tap: Flint`s Journey from Crisis to Recovery ISBN: 1469663325 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469663326 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 20860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: After a cascade of failures left residents of Flint, Michigan, without a reliable and affordable supply of safe drinking water, citizens spent years demanding action from their city and state officials. Complaints from the city's predominantly African American residents were ignored until independent researchers confirmed dangerously elevated blood lead levels among Flint children and in the city's tap water. Despite a 2017 federal court ruling in favor of Flint residents who had demanded mitigation, such efforts have been incomplete at best.
Assessing the challenges that community groups faced in their attempts to advocate for improved living conditions, Tainted Tap offers a rich analysis of conditions and constraints that created the Flint water crisis. Katrinell Davis contextualizes the crisis in Flint's long and troubled history of delivering essential services, the consequences of regional water-management politics, and other forms of systemic neglect that impacted the working-class community's health and well-being. Using ethnographic and empirical evidence from a range of sources, Davis also sheds light on the forms of community action that have brought needed changes to this underserved community.
Автор: David Stiller Название: Water and Agriculture in Colorado and the American West: First in Line for the Rio Grande ISBN: 1948908808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781948908801 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 51750.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Focuses on the history of agricultural water use of the Rio Grande in Colorado`s San Luis Valley. After surveying the practices of early farmers in the region, David Stiller focuses on the impacts of Euro-American settlement and the ways these new agrarians endeavored to control the river.
Автор: Shalinee Naidoo Название: Encyclopedia of Environmental Science, Volume 5: Integrated Water Management ISBN: 177361312X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781773613123 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 160770.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Water is a key driver of economic and social development while it also has a basic function in maintaining the integrity of the natural environment. Presenting a rationale for Integrated Water Resources Management; this volume brings together both the different environmental problems that affect the very different ecosystems and the main methodologies able to face the problem of IWM.
Автор: Mapedza, Everisto Название: Everisto -Drought challenges ISBN: 0128148209 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128148204 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 114530.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Drought challenges: Livelihood Implications in Developing Countries provides an understanding of the occurrence and impacts of droughts for developing countries, and for specific vulnerable sub-groups such as women and pastoralists. It presents tools for assessing vulnerabilities, introduces them to individual policies to combat the effects of droughts, and highlights the importance of integrated multi-sectoral approaches and drought networks of actors at various levels. Currently, there are few books on the market that address the growing need for knowledge and best practices on these cross-cutting issues.
Drought can occur virtually anywhere but is often overlooked. The systemic connections between droughts and livelihoods are a key factor in development in many dryland and agriculturally-dependent nations and regions; even so, there is limited interaction and coordination across practitioners, governments, and institutional 'silos' on tackling the challenges posed by drought. However, attitudes are changing, and there is growing recognition of the need for future cooperation and innovation between silos. Drought challenges: Livelihood Implications in Developing Countries bridges the gap by bringing various actors together to work for a common purpose.
Connects the biophysical, social, economic, policy and institutional aspects of droughts across multiple regions in developing world
Analyzes policy linkages between government agencies, public institutions, NGOs, the private sector and communities
Includes a discussion of gender dimensions of drought and its impacts
Presents a multi-sectoral perspective, including the human dimensions of drought in developing countries
Автор: Harrower Название: Water Histories and Spatial Archaeology ISBN: 110713465X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107134652 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 99270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book offers a new explanation for the spatial-political-environmental dynamics of water and irrigation in the long-term histories of two arid regions, Southwest Arabia (3500 BC-AD 600) and the American West (2000 BC-AD 1950).
Автор: Zekai Sen Название: Applied Drought Modeling, Prediction, and Mitigation ISBN: 0128021764 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128021767 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 106660.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Applied Drought Modelling, Prediction, and Mitigation provides a practical guide to new and recent methodologies for drought characterizations, change modeling, down-scaling, and future predictions.
The modeling procedures covered by the book include recent advancements in regional drought extent, coverage, intensity, and water deficit predictions, which are increasingly significant given current climate change impacts on water resources.
Each modeling procedure is explained theoretically prior to the mathematical derivation, and includes book examples, exercises, and case studies that supplement the applied and practical material, thus making the approaches accessible and applicable to the reader.
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