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Climate Risk and Sustainable Water Management by Qiuhong Tang
RRP: $234.00$210.07Climate change is leading to changing patterns of precipitation and increasingly extreme global weather. There is an urgent need to synthesize our current knowledge on climate risks to water security, which in turn is fundamental for achieving... -
Water Quality Impacts of the Energy-Water Nexus by Avner Vengosh
RRP: $214.50$185.64Energy and water have been fundamental to powering the global economy and building modern society. This cross-disciplinary book provides an integrated assessment of the different scientific and policy tools around the energy-water nexus. It focuses on... -
Key Questions in Hydrology and Watershed Management: A Study and Revision Guide by Professor Leon Bren
RRP: $40.56$38.12This book provides a series of exercises of various types covering matters of hydrology and watershed management. The exercises include true/false questions, multiple choice questions, and numeric, graphical, and analytical exercises. The questions draw... -
Open Channel Design: Fundamentals and Applications by Ernest W Tollner
RRP: $210.50$182.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119664246Author Ernest W TollnerFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher Wiley-Blackwell -
Water And Life: Life In Water And Water In Life by Arieh Ben-naim
RRP: $156.00$135.80This book is unique in presenting all aspects of water. It includes discussion of the theory of a water molecule, its properties, both in the pure state and as a solvent. In particular, it emphasizes the relevance of water to life.Water is the most... -
Management of Hydrological Systems: Analysis and perspective of the contingent valuation of water for mountain basins by José Sánchez-Paladines
RRP: $97.48$84.83The contingent valuation of water is one of the key components when wanting to implement proposals for integrated water management in mountain basins. Management of Hydrological Systems (MHS), is one of the great challenges that the Sustainable... -
Emerging Aquatic Contaminants: One Health Framework for Risk Assessment and Remediation in the Post COVID-19 Anthropocene by Manish Kumar
RRP: $224.25$196.87Emerging Aquatic Contaminants: One Health Framework for Risk Assessment and Remediation in the Post COVID-19 Anthropocene highlights various sources and pathways of emerging contamination, including their distribution, occurrence, and fate in the aquatic... -
Recent Advancement on Characterizing Geochemical Process of Groundwater System by Complexity Science by Teng Ma
RRP: $175.50$152.45In recent years, complexity science has emerged as a novel way to characterize geochemical processes in groundwater. These complex biogeochemical systems are difficult to understand because of heterogeneities at different spatial scales; highly variable... -
The Brahmaputra River in Assam: Geomorphology, Hazards, and Natural Resources by Siddhartha Kumar Lahiri
RRP: $224.25$193.75This holistic book covers the richest area in North East India in terms of both explored and foreseen reserves of fossil fuels and other natural resources. Using a multidisciplinary approach, GIS, and geospatial data gathered from different case studies... -
Theory of Ground Water Movement by Pelageia Iakovlevna Polubarinova-Koch
RRP: $195.00$150.17Gives valuable insight into the status of ground water hydrology in the U.S. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the... -
Great Waterfalls of North Carolina: A Guide for Hikers, Photographers, and Waterfall Enthusiasts by Neil Regan
RRP: $42.80$31.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933251707Author Neil ReganFormat PaperbackPage Count 149Imprint BlairPublisher BlairWeight(grams) 612g -
Nanofiltration Membrane for Water Purification by Akil Ahmad
RRP: $233.98$209.78This book covers the basic and sustainable approach of nanofiltration membrane techniques along with their fabrication, characterization, separation mechanisms, and broad applications in the field of wastewater treatment. It provides a wide knowledge of... -
Principles of Snow Hydrology by David R. DeWalle
RRP: $99.43$90.19Principles of Snow Hydrology describes the factors that control the accumulation, melting and runoff of water from seasonal snowpacks over the surface of the earth. The book addresses not only the basic principles governing snow in the hydrologic cycle,... -
Water Scarcity, Livelihoods and Food Security: Research and Innovation for Development by Larry W. Harrington
RRP: $97.48$84.83This volume reviews the evolution of ten years' learning and discovery about water scarcity, livelihoods, and food security within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. It draws on the experiences of over 100 projects conducted in ten river... -
Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa by William Critchley
RRP: $93.58$81.53Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and... -
Ecohydrology: Dynamics of Life and Water in the Critical Zone by Amilcare Porporato
RRP: $101.38$88.12Ecohydrology is a fast-growing branch of science at the interface of ecology and geophysics, studying the interaction between soil, water, vegetation, microbiome, atmosphere, climate, and human society. This textbook gathers the fundamentals of... -
Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas by Howard S. Wheater
RRP: $214.50$187.53Arid and semi-arid regions face major challenges in the management of scarce freshwater resources under pressures of population, economic development, climate change, pollution and over-abstraction. Groundwater is commonly the most important water... -
Geological Fluid Dynamics: Sub-surface Flow and Reactions by Owen M. Phillips
RRP: $70.18$59.16This book is the long-awaited successor to Owen M. Phillips's classic textbook, Flow and Reactions in Permeable Rocks, published in 1991. In the intervening eighteen years between the two, significant advances have been made to our understanding of... -
Water Ecosystem Services: A Global Perspective by Julia Martin-Ortega
RRP: $79.93$68.37This comprehensive volume describes how ecosystem services-based approaches can assist in addressing major global and regional water challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and water security in the developing world, by integrating... -
Co-Engineering and Participatory Water Management: Organisational Challenges for Water Governance by Katherine A. Daniell
RRP: $214.50$167.60Effective participatory water management requires effective co-engineering - the collective process whereby organisational decisions are made on how to bring stakeholders together. This trans-disciplinary book highlights the challenges involved in the... -
Wading Right in: Discovering the Nature of Wetlands by Catherine Owen Koning
RRP: $50.70$48.46Where can you find mosses that change landscapes, salamanders with algae in their skin, and carnivorous plants containing whole ecosystems in their furled leaves? Where can you find swamp-trompers, wildlife watchers, marsh managers, and mud-mad... -
The Aral Sea Basin: Water for Sustainable Development in Central Asia by Stefanos Xenarios
RRP: $263.25$229.48This book offers the first multidisciplinary overview of water resources issues and management in the Aral Sea Basin, covering both the Amu Darya and Syr Darya River Basins. The two main rivers of Amu Darya and Syr Darya and their tributaries comprise... -
River Dynamics: Geomorphology to Support Management by Bruce L. Rhoads
RRP: $124.78$114.80Rivers are important agents of change that shape the Earth's surface and evolve through time in response to fluctuations in climate and other environmental conditions. They are fundamental in landscape development, and essential for water supply,... -
Integrated Water Resources Management in Practice: Better Water Management for Development by Roberto Lenton
RRP: $115.03$100.39Better water management will be crucial if we are to meet many of the key challenges of this century - feeding the world's growing population and reducing poverty, meeting water and sanitation needs, protecting vital ecosystems, all while adapting to... -
Irrigation Engineering: Principles, Processes, Procedures, Design, and Management by Vijay P. Singh
RRP: $126.73$114.97This textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of irrigation engineering for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It does not require a background in calculus, hydrology, or hydraulics, offering a one-stop overview of the entire field of... -
Water Resilience for Human Prosperity by Johan Rockstrom
RRP: $134.53$120.82The world's human population now constitutes the largest driving force of changes to the biosphere. Emerging water challenges require new ideas for governance and management of water resources in the context of rapid global change. This book presents a... -
Lake Hydrology: An Introduction to Lake Mass Balance by William LeRoy Evans III
RRP: $181.35$159.08With fresh water becoming a critical issue around the world, lake mass balance-the hydrology or water movement in lakes-is increasingly important to environmental studies and remediation projects. Unfortunately, lake hydrology is often only briefly... -
Groundwater and Climate Change: Multi-Level Law and Policy Perspectives by Philippe Cullet
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book undertakes a scholarly assessment of the state of the art of law and policy perspectives on groundwater and climate change at the international, regional and national levels. A particular focus is given to India, which is the largest user of... -
Water Resources and Hydraulics by Xixi Wang
RRP: $132.58$118.40This exciting new textbook introduces the concepts and tools essential for upper-level undergraduate study in water resources and hydraulics. Tailored specifically to fit the length of a typical one-semester course, it will prove a valuable resource to... -
Groundwater Ecology and Evolution by Florian Malard
RRP: $179.30$157.93Groundwater Ecology and Evolution, Second Edition is designed to meet a multitude of audience needs. The state of the art in the discipline is provided by the articulation of six sections. The first three sections successively carry the reader into the... -
Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands: A Global Environmental Perspective by Paul F. Hudson
RRP: $226.20$204.85Pressure on large fluvial lowlands has increased tremendously during the past twenty years because of flood control, urbanization, and increased dependence upon floodplains and deltas for food production. This book examines human impacts on lowland... -
Water Stress: Some Symptoms and Causes: A Case Study of Ta'iz, Yemen by Chris D. Handley
RRP: $169.63$147.30Why is the bread basket of Arabia importing more water via grain than is pumped locally by all sectors and why does nobody notice? How can the same water be sold to different users at prices varying by five orders of magnitude? How can the biggest... -
Water Security under Climate Change by Asit K. Biswas
RRP: $194.98$182.58This book highlights the likely impacts of climate change in terms of global and national water securities, how different countries are attempting to address these complex problems and to what extent they are likely to succeed. A major global concern at... -
River Networks as Ecological Corridors: Species, Populations, Pathogens by Andrea Rinaldo
RRP: $109.18$90.60River networks are critically important ecosystems. This interdisciplinary book provides an integrated ecohydrological framework blending laboratory, field, and theoretical evidence that changes our understanding of river networks as ecological corridors... -
Unsteady Flow in Open Channels by Jurjen A. Battjes
RRP: $101.38$91.90Practitioners in water engineering rely on a thorough understanding of shallow water flows in order to safeguard our habitat, while at the same time sustaining the water environment. This book proposes a unified theoretical framework for the different... -
Ecohydrology: Darwinian Expression of Vegetation Form and Function by Peter S. Eagleson
RRP: $118.93$107.31This volume is devoted to the derivation and application of simplified bioclimatic boundary conditions at vegetated land surfaces using natural selection of vegetation characteristics driven by productivity maximization. It investigates the internal... -
Contesting Hidden Waters: Conflict Resolution for Groundwater and Aquifers by W. Todd Jarvis
RRP: $263.25$228.70The world increasingly relies on groundwater resources for drinking water and the provision of food for a growing population. The utilization of aquifer systems also extends beyond freshwater supply to include other resources such as heat extraction and... -
Essentials of Hydraulics by Pierre Y. Julien
RRP: $97.48$86.09Written for a one-semester course in hydraulics, this concise textbook is rooted in the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and aims to promote sound hydraulic engineering practice. Basic methods are presented to underline the theory and... -
An Introduction to Large Rivers by Avijit Gupta
RRP: $62.30$55.95An accessible introduction to large rivers, including coverage of the geomorphology, hydrology, ecology, and environments of large river systems This indispensible book takes a structured and global approach to the subject of large rivers, covering... -
Out of the Mainstream: Water Rights, Politics and Identity by Rutgerd Boelens
RRP: $105.28$92.18Water is not only a source of life and culture. It is also a source of power, conflicting interests and identity battles. Rights to materially access, culturally organize and politically control water resources are poorly understood by mainstream...