International Hydrology Series – serie
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Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics
Hydrological Research Issues and Strategies for Water Management
Av Michael Bonell, Maynard M. Hufschmidt m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
1824 kr
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Environmental problems in the humid tropical regions, where the focus is on the fate and management of the surviving rainforest and climate change, are attracting increasing attention internationally. The distribution of tropical rainfall is highly variable, and in many regions the supply of …
Subsurface Flow and Transport
A Stochastic Approach
Av Gedeon Dagan, Shlomo P. Neuman
Häftad, 2005
1302 kr
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This book describes a major method in modelling the flow of water and transport of solutes in the subsurface, a subject of considerable interest in the exploitation and preservation of water resources. The stochastic approach allows the uncertainty which affects various properties and parameters to …
Risk, Reliability, Uncertainty, and Robustness of Water Resource Systems
Av Janos J. Bogardi, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Häftad, 2005
1009 kr
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Risk, Reliability, Uncertainty, and Robustness of Water Resource Systems is based on the Third George Kovacs Colloquium organized by the International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO) and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Thirty-five leading scientists with international …
Tropical Glaciers
Av Georg Kaser, Henry Osmaston
Häftad, 2006
1237 kr
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Tropical glaciers are both highly sensitive indicators of global climate and fresh water reservoirs in some fast developing regions. This book gives a theoretical and practical analysis of tropical glaciology including a useful definition of tropical glacier-climate regimes and the analysis of the …
Space and Time Scale Variability and Interdependencies in Hydrological Processes
Häftad, 2005
895 kr
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This book presents the integrated contributions of hydrologists, meteorologists and ecologists to the first IHP/IAHS George Kovacs Colloquium in connection with the study of global hydrology and climate change. The atmospherical, hydrological and terrestrial components of the Earth's systems …
New Uncertainty Concepts in Hydrology and Water Resources
Häftad, 2007
1221 kr
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One of the greatest problems hydrology research faces is how to quantify uncertainty, which is inherent in every hydrological process. This overview of uncertainty emphasizes non-orthodox concepts, such as random fields, fractals and fuzziness. This book reviews alternative and conventional methods …
Sustainability Criteria for Water Resource Systems
Av Daniel P. Loucks, John S. Gladwell
Häftad, 2008
716 kr
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Water resources professionals have an obligation to conceive and manage water resource systems such that they will fully contribute to an improved quality of life for all humans, now and into the future. Those water resource systems that will be able to satisfy the changing demands that will …
Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
Av Howard S. Wheater, Simon A. Mathias m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1807 kr
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Arid 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 resource in these areas. Groundwater models are …
Groundwater/Surface Water Ecotones
Biological and Hydrological Interactions and Management Options
Av Janine Gibert, Jacques Mathieu m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
895 kr
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Aquatic ecosystems have formed the focus of several UNESCO research projects because of the impact on them of human activities such as intensification of agricultural activity, erosion and sedimentation due to irrigation projects, groundwater pollution and eutrophication. Interfaces, or ecotones, …
Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts
Av Jerome Delli Priscoli, Aaron T. Wolf
Häftad, 2010
944 kr
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What is the one thing that no one can do without? Water. Where water crosses boundaries - be they economic, legal, political or cultural - the stage is set for disputes between different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without …
Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes
Häftad, 2003
960 kr
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Water is going to be one of the key, if not the most critical, environmental issues in the twenty-first century because of the escalation in socio-economic pressures on the environment in general. Any future climate change or climate variability will only accentuate such pressures. This volume …
Climate Changes during the Holocene and their Impact on Hydrological Systems
Häftad, 2004
895 kr
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It is now widely accepted that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing higher global atmospheric temperatures. However, there is still a great deal of uncertainty about the likely effects of such a temperature rise on climate, and even more about the impacts of …
World Water Resources at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Av I. A. Shiklomanov, John C. Rodda
Häftad, 2004
1677 kr
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This volume provides a modern assessment of the state of the world's water resources. It collects in one place a huge amount of data. A uniform methodological approach for each continent is then built upon to analyse the dynamics of water resources, water use and water availability for the Earth as …
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests
Science for Conservation and Management
Av L. A. Bruijnzeel, F. N. Scatena m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1840 kr
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This volume represents a uniquely comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on tropical montane cloud forests. 72 chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including cloud forest distribution, climate, soils, biodiversity, hydrological processes, hydrochemistry and water quality, climate …
Water, Life and Civilisation
Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley
Inbunden, 2011
1291 kr
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A unique interdisciplinary study of the relationships between climate, hydrology and human society from 20,000 years ago to the present day within the Jordan Valley. It describes how state-of-the-art models can simulate the past, present and future climates of the Near East, reviews and provides …
Risk, Reliability, Uncertainty, and Robustness of Water Resource Systems
Av Janos J. Bogardi, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Inbunden, 2002
2443 kr
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Risk, Reliability, Uncertainty, and Robustness of Water Resource Systems is based on the Third George Kovacs Colloquium organized by the International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO) and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Thirty-five leading scientists with international …
Hydrological Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
Av Howard Wheater, Soroosh Sorooshian m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
2280 kr
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Arid and semi-arid regions are defined as areas where water is at its most scarce. The hydrological regime in these areas is extreme and highly variable, and they face great pressures to deliver and manage freshwater resources. However, there is no guidance on the decision support tools that are …
Inter-Basin Water Transfer
Case Studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China and India
Av Fereidoun Ghassemi, Ian White
Inbunden, 2007
2757 kr
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Increasing demands for irrigation, domestic and industrial water have generated a massive growth world-wide in the number of large water infrastructure projects involving the transfer of water from basins considered to have surplus water to those where the demand for water has exceeded or is …
Dynamic Programming Based Operation of Reservoirs
Applicability and Limits
Av K. D. W. Nandalal, Janos J. Bogardi
Inbunden, 2007
1970 kr
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Dynamic programming is a method of solving multi-stage problems in which decisions at one stage become the conditions governing the succeeding stages. It can be applied to the management of water reservoirs, allowing them to be operated more efficiently. This is one of the few books dedicated …
Frameworks for Water Law Reform
Av Sarah Hendry
Inbunden, 2014
1408 kr
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The world is currently experiencing unprecedented global change, with population increase, urbanisation, climate change and environmental degradation combining to make management of freshwater resources a critical policy focus of the twenty-first century. This timely book designs and develops an …
Co-Engineering and Participatory Water Management
Organisational Challenges for Water Governance
Inbunden, 2012
1970 kr
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Effective 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 collective initiation, design, implementation …
Floods in a Changing Climate
Inundation Modelling
Inbunden, 2012
1354 kr
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Flood inundation models enable us to make hazard predictions for floodplains, mitigating increasing flood fatalities and losses. This book provides an understanding of hydraulic modelling and floodplain dynamics, with a key focus on state-of-the-art remote sensing data, and methods to estimate and …
Floods in a Changing Climate
Hydrologic Modeling
Av P. P. Mujumdar, D. Nagesh Kumar
Inbunden, 2012
1970 kr
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Various modeling methodologies are available to aid planning and operational decision making: this book synthesises these, with an emphasis on methodologies applicable in data scarce regions, such as developing countries. Problems included in each chapter, and supported by links to available online …
Floods in a Changing Climate
Extreme Precipitation
Inbunden, 2012
1212 kr
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Measurement, analysis and modeling of extreme precipitation events linked to floods is vital in understanding changing climate impacts and variability. This book provides methods for assessment of the trends in these events and their impacts. It also provides a basis to develop procedures and …
Water Ecosystem Services
A Global Perspective
Av Julia Martin-Ortega, Robert C. Ferrier m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1905 kr
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This 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 scientific knowledge from different disciplines, …
Impact of Urban Floods on Water Quality
Av Blanca Jiménez Cisneros, Alexandros K. Makarigakis
Inbunden, 2025
1663 kr
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Climate change will increase the occurrence of floods in cities and open areas. As well as the widely documented social and economic impacts of floods, these events can also have a significant and long-lasting impact on water quality. This multidisciplinary edited volume provides a comprehensive …
Inter-Basin Water Transfer
Case Studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China and India
Av Fereidoun Ghassemi, Ian White
Häftad, 2012
1367 kr
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Increasing demands for irrigation, domestic and industrial water have generated a massive growth world-wide in the number of large water infrastructure projects involving the transfer of water from basins considered to have surplus water to those where the demand for water has exceeded or is …
Dynamic Programming Based Operation of Reservoirs
Applicability and Limits
Av K. D. W. Nandalal, Janos J. Bogardi
Häftad, 2013
716 kr
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Dynamic programming is a method of solving multi-stage problems in which decisions at one stage become the conditions governing the succeeding stages. It can be applied to the management of water reservoirs, allowing them to be operated more efficiently. This is one of the few books dedicated …
Water Ecosystem Services
A Global Perspective
Av Julia Martin-Ortega, Robert C. Ferrier m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
732 kr
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This 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 scientific knowledge from different disciplines, …
Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
Av Howard S. Wheater, Simon A. Mathias m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
699 kr
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Arid 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 resource in these areas. Groundwater models are …
