Water resources
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Water resources
Routledge, 2014
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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. There are major questions to be answered about how we supply water in a sustainable and safe manner to fulfil our needs, while at the same time protecting vulnerable ecosystems from disaster.
Water Resources: An Integrated Approach provides students with a comprehensive overview of both natural and socio-economic processes associated with water. The book contains chapters written by 20 specialist contributors, providing expert depth of coverage to topics. The text guides the reader through the topic of water starting with its unique properties and moving through environmental processes and human impacts upon them including the changing water cycle, water movement in river basins, water quality, groundwater and aquatic ecosystems. The book then covers management strategies for water resources, water treatment and re-use, and the role of water in human health before covering water economics and water conflict. The text concludes with a chapter that examines new concepts such as virtual water that help us understand current and future water resource use and availability across interconnected local and global scales.
This book provides a novel interdisciplinary approach to water in a changing world, from an environmental change perspective and inter-related social, political and economic dimensions. It includes global examples from both the developing and developed world. Each chapter is supplemented with boxed case studies, end of chapter questions, and further reading, as well as a glossary of terms. The text is richly illustrated throughout with over 150 full colour diagrams and photos.
Table of Contents
1. Water Fundamentals Jospeh Holden 2. The Changing Water Cycle Stephen Sitch and Frances Drake 3. River Basin Hydrology Joseph Holden 4. Surface Water Quality Pippa J. Chapman, Paul Kay, Gordon Mitchell and Colin Pritts 5. Groundwater Ared West and Noelle Odling 6. Aquatic Ecosystems Lee E. Brown, Colin S. Pritt and Alison M. Dunn 7. Water Demand Planning and Management Adrian T. McDonald and Gordon Mitchell 8. Water and Health Rebecca J. Slack 9. Potable Water and Wastewater Treatment Nigel J. Horan 10. Water Economics Sonja S. Teelucksingh, Nesha 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 Tillotson, Megan Beresford, Dabo Guan and Joseph Holden
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