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Egypt’s Strategy to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030: Researchers' Contributions: SDGs Viewed Through the Lens of Egypt’s Strategy and Researchers' Views
ISBN: 9783031106750 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on Egypt as a representative example of emerging economies struggling to achieve their sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Egyptian government has launched Egypt’s Vision 2030 in line with the 2030 Agenda, also known as the Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS), which encompasses the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development. It is under the SDS that all development plans in Egypt are incorporated while at the same time being strongly guided by the SDGs. Aware of the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility, Egypt also recognizes that...
This book focuses on Egypt as a representative example of emerging economies struggling to achieve their sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Egy...
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642,56 |
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South Africa’s Water Predicament: Freshwater’s Unceasing Decline
ISBN: 9783031240188 / Angielski / Twarda / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book provides a critical evaluation of South Africa’s freshwater resources to illustrate the way in which its freshwater resources, water access, services and infrastructure have continued to decline over the past three decades. The continued decline of water governance, management, water service delivery, dilapidated water infrastructure, dysfunctional local governments and overall excessive water degradation is illustrated and emphasized using real-life examples and case studies from various contexts within the country.The main argument of the book is that South Africa’s freshwater...
The book provides a critical evaluation of South Africa’s freshwater resources to illustrate the way in which its freshwater resources, water access...
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522,07 |
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Australian Caves and Karst Systems
ISBN: 9783031242663 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, part of the series Cave and Karst Systems of the World, begins with a review of the interaction between people and caves in Australia (including conservation), followed by descriptions of the spectacular cave diving sites, before comprehensively covering all the major carbonate and noncarbonate karst areas, subdivided by rock type and region, and including the origin of the caves. This is followed by broad overviews of cave minerals and speleothems, cave biology and cave fossils. Each section was written by one or more specialists in the topic and is illustrated by clear diagrams...
This book, part of the series Cave and Karst Systems of the World, begins with a review of the interaction between people and caves in Australia (incl...
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682,72 |
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Water Resources Management and Sustainability: Solutions for Arid Regions
ISBN: 9783031245053 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of hydrology, environmental engineering, agricultural engineering, earth sciences, and watershed and range sciences, as well as to those engaged in water resources planning, development and management in arid and semi-arid areas. Given the lack of literature on arid regions, this book not only provides an assessment of water resource management in arid regions but also addresses solutions, and it can also be an outstanding textbook on water resources management and sustainability for arid regions.This volume in the...
The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of hydrology, environmental engineering, agricultural engineering, earth sc...
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602,40 |
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Indigenous and Local Water Knowledge, Values and Practices
ISBN: 9789811994050 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a knowledge base of the existing indigenous and local water knowledge, values, and practices, and how this water knowledge can be mainstreamed into the decision-making process. The book not only demonstrates the perks of using indigenous knowledge but also illustrates the barriers and gaps that should be considered while planning for mainstreaming traditional knowledge and values at a local scale. The chapters incorporate case studies from various parts of the world demonstrating how indigenous, and religious and cultural values of water have translated into water use and...
This book provides a knowledge base of the existing indigenous and local water knowledge, values, and practices, and how this water knowledge can be m...
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602,40 |
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California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Changing Coastline
ISBN: 9781597146197 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From a celebrated environmental journalist, the riveting exploration of sea level rise along the West Coast through human stories and ecological dramas. "Viscerally urgent, thoroughly reported, and compellingly written—a must-read for our uncertain times." —Ed Yong, author of An Immense World "When do seawalls make sense? And when is it better to give in to the tides? [...] In California Against the Sea, Xia [...] writes about the difficult realities of trying to incorporate fairness into our tally of costs and benefits." —The New Yorker Along California’s 1,200-mile coastline,...
From a celebrated environmental journalist, the riveting exploration of sea level rise along the West Coast through human stories and ecological drama...
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114,03 |
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The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific: The Pacific
ISBN: 9783031254628 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book considers the water, energy, food (WEF) nexus in the Pacific region. The region comprises seventeen sovereign countries and seven territories spread across the Pacific Ocean, a blue expanse that covers a fifth of the world’s surface area but contains only 0.5% of the population—or 44.5 million people. The uniqueness of the Pacific and the need for a Pasifika-led approach to sustainability across environmental, societal and economical spheres requires this blue continent to be considered in a separate volume under the ‘Water Security in a New World’ series.This...
This open access book considers the water, energy, food (WEF) nexus in the Pacific region. The region comprises seventeen sovereign countries and seve...
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200,77 |
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The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in Asia and the Pacific: The Pacific
ISBN: 9783031254659 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book considers the water, energy, food (WEF) nexus in the Pacific region. The region comprises seventeen sovereign countries and seven territories spread across the Pacific Ocean, a blue expanse that covers a fifth of the world’s surface area but contains only 0.5% of the population—or 44.5 million people. The uniqueness of the Pacific and the need for a Pasifika-led approach to sustainability across environmental, societal and economical spheres requires this blue continent to be considered in a separate volume under the ‘Water Security in a New World’ series.This...
This open access book considers the water, energy, food (WEF) nexus in the Pacific region. The region comprises seventeen sovereign countries and seve...
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160,61 |
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Water Quality Modeling That Works
ISBN: 9783030904852 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a practical guidance for environmental engineers and scientists charged with assessing the cause-and-effect of pollutants in receiving water systems. Instead of blindly running models, which is a practice seen too often in today’s field that can result in results with uncertainty, modelers must first understand the physical insights of the specific water systems in order to properly calibrate the parameters of the models. This book reinforces the critical importance of properly understanding the physical attributes of water systems by drawing on the author’s extensive...
This book offers a practical guidance for environmental engineers and scientists charged with assessing the cause-and-effect of pollutants in receivin...
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522,07 |
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Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processes in Fractured Rock Masses: Discrete Element Modeling and Engineering Applications
ISBN: 9783031257865 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The subject of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock masses has close relevance to energy-related deep earth engineering activities, such as enhanced geothermal systems, geological disposal of radioactive waste, sequestration of CO2, long-term disposal of waste water and recovery of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs. Despite great efforts by engineers and researchers, comprehensive understanding of the thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock mass remains a great challenge. The discrete element method (DEM), originally developed by Dr. Peter...
The subject of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock masses has close relevance to energy-related deep earth engineering activit...
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642,56 |
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Water Challenges in Rural and Urban Sub-Saharan Africa and their Management
ISBN: 9783031262708 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sub-Saharan Africa grapples with many public health issues such as food insecurity, increased prevalence of infectious diseases, limited access to clean water supply, poor nutrition and lack of improved health services for its populace (IMF, 2021). Of all these challenges, the inaccessibility of clean water supply for both the rural and urban populace is the most pressing challenge, which has been exacerbated by extensive pollution and climate change crises. The issue of water access and supply affects both rural and urban populations. At rural areas water is accessed in yard taps and...
Sub-Saharan Africa grapples with many public health issues such as food insecurity, increased prevalence of infectious diseases, limited access to cle...
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180,69 |
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Wisconsin Waters: The Ancient History of Lakes, Rivers, and Waterfalls
ISBN: 9780870209949 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,44 |
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Rivers of Southern Chile and Patagonia: Context, Cascade Process, Geomorphic Evolution and Risk Management
ISBN: 9783031266461 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of rivers affected by natural and anthropogenic disturbances in the southern Chile and Patagonia. It presents a detailed description of the rivers affected by climatic extremes, volcanic eruptions, large-wood dynamics and impacts, sediment-laden flows, and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs). Moreover, it contains an in-depth discussion of a variety of topics encompassing the ecosystem function of Pacific Patagonia rivers, the geomorphic signatures of Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) and their impacts within river corridors, as...
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of rivers affected by natural and anthropogenic disturbances in the southern Chile and Pa...
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602,40 |
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Hydrological Modeling: Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering
ISBN: 9783030813604 / Angielski / Miękka / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book carefully considers hydrological models which are essential for predicting floods, droughts, soil moisture estimation, land use change detection, geomorphology and water structures. The book highlights recent advances in the area of hydrological modelling in the Ganga Basin and other internationally important river basins.The impact of climate change on water resources is a global concern. Water resources in many countries are already stressed, and climate change along with burgeoning population, rising standard of living and increasing demand are adding to the stress....
This book carefully considers hydrological models which are essential for predicting floods, droughts, soil moisture estimation, land use change detec...
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682,72 |
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Force Majeure in the Hydropower Industry: Concepts and Case Studies
ISBN: 9783031274015 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book aims to highlight the particular situation faced by certain hydropower companies by the fact that they cannot fulfil their contracts due to force majeure. The first part of this book will be an analysis of how water is used in electricity production. It is important to point out that all types of energy sources use water, to a different extent, of course, and that its spatial and temporal availability is very important. The focus will be on hydropower, presenting the current situation at the global level, and the effect of reducing the amounts of water in the river...
This book aims to highlight the particular situation faced by certain hydropower companies by the fact that they cannot fulfil their contracts due to ...
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200,77 |
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Environmental Science and Technology: Sustainable Development: International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology
ISBN: 9783031274305 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from 2022 13th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, which was held in Shandong, China, during October 21–23, 2022. ICEST is held annually as a platform for presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Environmental Science and Technology. This year, we focus on the theme: Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development. With the continuous development of human society, environmental problems are becoming more and more serious. How to realize the rational use of...
This book features a collection of high-quality and peer-reviewed papers from 2022 13th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technolo...
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803,21 |
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The Irrigation Future of India
ISBN: 9783030896157 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book aims to bring forth and address the major issues confronting the irrigation sector of India and also to suggest policy pointers to sustain it. As the policy and reform canvas is large for a huge and diverse country, this book has particular focus on the most important and immediate issues and future options. The chapters not only focus on new research, in-depth analysis and technical details, but also provide a balanced review of the state of irrigation sector and comprehensive presentation of major issues, challenges and future options. With the presentation of... This book aims to bring forth and address the major issues confronting the irrigation sector of India and also to suggest policy pointers to sustai... |
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522,07 |
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Resilient and Responsible Smart Cities: Volume 2
ISBN: 9783030865016 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book aims to establish a community with attention to land use to achieve sustainable development and meet the needs of today’s society. Urban planning depends on engineering, architectural, social and political pillars. It pursues this by proposing solutions, regulating environmental pollution and non-sustainable use of available resources. It showcases and even triggers further debate about connections between sustainable development, urban planning and technology in hopes of achieving sustainable development models that sustain urban expansion and shape cities that improve the...
This book aims to establish a community with attention to land use to achieve sustainable development and meet the needs of today’s society. Urban p...
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1004,02 |
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Hydrological Drought
ISBN: 9780128190821 / Miękka / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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751,42 |
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Governing Groundwater: Between Law and Practice
ISBN: 9783030927806 / Angielski / Miękka / 169 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book empirically examines a diverse range of groundwater issues and different approaches to deal with such concerns taking into account responses from government bodies, community organizations, scientists, private sector, and academia. The overarching objective of this book is to empirically examine groundwater governance and groundwater law. It aims to provide a better understanding of the complexities surrounding groundwater governance in order to reconceptualize and retheorize the governance of subterranean resources having as entry points equity and sustainability concerns. This...
This book empirically examines a diverse range of groundwater issues and different approaches to deal with such concerns taking into account responses...
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481,91 |
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