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Author NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Supply of Water to Cities in Emergency Situations (2007 : Tel Aviv, Israel)

Title Water supply in emergency situations / edited by Yair Sharan, Abraham Tal and Harry Coccossis
Published Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 171 pages) : illustrations
Series NATO science for peace and security series. SeriesC, Environmental security, 1871-4668
NATO science for peace and security series. SeriesC, Environmental security. 1871-4668
Contents Front Matter; Threats To Water Supply And Risk Management; Countries' And Major Cities' Case Studies; Security Of Water Supply; Detection, Monitoring, And Warning; Treatment Of Contaminated Water; Legal Aspects; Back Matter
Summary Water is essential for life and the trigger for this book is in the increasing threats to uninterrupted, good quality water to large concentrations of population, which include natural and manmade, the latter including accidental and, unfortunately, also intentional. Israel in particular is aware of the risks of terror, including to its water supply and it is not surprising that the initiative for a NATO workshop, the outcome of which is presented here, came from this country. This book reflects the outcome of a three day NATO Advanced Workshop entitled 'Supply of Water to Cities in Emergency
Notes "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Supply of Water to Cities in Emergency Situations, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 5-7 June 2007"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Emergency water supply -- Congresses
Municipal water supply -- Risk management -- Congresses
Emergency management -- Congresses
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
Municipal water supply -- Risk management.
Emergency management.
Emergency water supply.
Environnement.
Sciences de la terre.
Emergency management
Emergency water supply
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Sharan, Yair.
Coccossis, Harry, 1950-
Tal, Abraham.
Universiṭat Tel-Aviv. Merkaz ha-ben-teḥumi le-nituaḥ ule-ḥizui ṭekhnologi.
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