| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 382 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Water scarcity concepts -- Physical characteristics and processes leading to water scarcity -- Droughts and desertification -- Conceptual thinking in coping with water scarcity -- Surface water use and harvesting -- Groundwater use and recharge -- Using non-conventional water resources -- Water conservation and saving : concepts and performance -- Water conservation and saving measures and practices -- Social, economic, cultural, legal and institutional constraints and issues -- Education |
| Summary |
Serves as a guide to the establishment of regional and/or local guidelines for developing and implementing fresh ideas for coping with water scarcity. This book offers information to assist decision makers, water managers, engineers, agronomists, social scientists and other professions in formulating coherent, harmonious views on the issue |
| Analysis |
meteorologie |
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meteorology |
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klimatologie |
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climatology |
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bodemkunde |
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soil science |
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bodembescherming |
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soil conservation |
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engineering |
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milieu |
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environment |
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afvalwaterbehandeling |
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waste water treatment |
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waterbeheer |
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water management |
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hydrogeologie |
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hydrogeology |
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Environmental Sciences (General) |
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Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen) |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Coping with water scarcity / by Luis S. Pereira, Ian Cordery, Iacovos Iacovides. Paris, France : UNESCO, 2002 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-375) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water resources development.
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Water-supply.
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Water-supply -- Management
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water resources development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Water resources development
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Water-supply
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Water-supply -- Management
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Wassersicherstellung
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Wassermangel
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Globalisierung
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Vattenförekomster.
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Vattenförsörjning.
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Grundvatten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cordery, I.
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Iacovides, Iacovos.
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| ISBN |
9781402095795 |
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1402095791 |
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9781402095788 |
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1402095783 |
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