Water Resources : An Integrated Approach

Holden, Joseph (EDT); Barua, Anamika, Dr. (CON); Beharry-Borg, Nesha C., Dr. (CON); Beresford, Megan (CON); Brown, Lee E., Dr. (CON)

ISBN 10: 0415602823 / ISBN 13: 9780415602822

Edité par Routledge, 2013

May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers. N° de réf. du vendeur 19609249-5

Synopsis :

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.

À propos de l'auteur:

Professor Joseph Holden holds the Chair of Physical Geography at the University of Leeds. He is Head of water@leeds, the largest interdisciplinary water research centre in the UK and he is also Director of Research for the School of Geography.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Water Resources : An Integrated Approach
Éditeur : Routledge
Date d'édition : 2013
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : good