Water resources : an integrated approach / edited by Joseph Holden.
Material type: TextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2014Description: xviii, 371 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780415602822 (pbk.) :
- 333.91 HOL
- HD1691
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 333.91 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 216317 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Water fundamentals. Joseph Holden -- 2.The changing water cycle. Stephen Sitch and Francis Drake -- 3.River basin hydrology. Joseph Holden -- 4.Surface water quality. Pippa J. Chapman, Paul Kay, Gordon Mitchell and Colin S. Pitts -- 5.Groundwater. L. Jared West and Noelle E. Odling -- 6.Acquatic ecosystems. Lee E. Brown, Colin S. Pitts and Alison M. Dunn -- 7.Water demand planning and management. Adrian T. MacDonald and Gordon Mitchell -- 8.Water and health. Rebecca J. Slack -- 9.Potable watger and wastewater treatment. Nigel J. Horan -- 10.Water economics.Sonja S. Teelucksingh, Nesha C. Beharry-Borg and Dabo Guan -- 11.Water conflict, law and governance. Kitriphar Tongper and Anamika Barua -- 12.The future of water: water footprints and virtual water. Martin R. Tillotson, Megan Beeresford, Dabo Guan and Joseph Holdan.
The world faces huge challenges for water as population continues to grow, as emerging economies develop and as climate change alters the global and local water cycle. This book provides students with a comprehensive overview of both natural and socio-economic processes associated with water.