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Environmental Engineering
Proceedings of the 2nd National Congress on Environmental Engineering, 4-8 September 2005
Environmental engineering protects the conditions of a safe environment, its role being crucial in eliminating ecological threats. It has an interdisciplinary character, utilising principles from...
2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40818-9 (Taylor & Francis)
Mangroves and Sediment Dynamics Along the Coasts of Southern Thailand
PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
Mangroves inhabit tropical coastlines and are particularly abundant along deltas and bays where rivers bring freshwater and sediment to the sea. This habitat witnesses great...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-38486-5 (Taylor & Francis)
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Globalisation of Water: Opportunities and Threats of Virtual Water Trade
PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
The river basin is no longer the appropriate spatial unit for analysing water problems. With increasing trade between nations and continents, water is more and...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40916-2 (Taylor & Francis)
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Analysis and Control of Flows in Pressurized Hydraulic Networks
PhD, UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
Water transmission and distribution systems are pressurized hydraulic networks, consisting of pipes and other appurtenant components such as reservoirs, pumps, valves and surge devices. Analysis,...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40917-9 (Taylor & Francis)
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Hydrological Impacts of Land Use Changes on Water Resources Management and Socio-Economic Development of the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro River Basin in Kenya
PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
Despite the apparently desperate situation of sub-Saharan Africa, rainwater harvesting and management is a viable intervention for upgrading rain-fed agriculture, improving water supply and sustainable...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40918-6 (Taylor & Francis)
Groundwater Recharge Processes and Groundwater Management in a Tropical Crystalline Basement Aquifer
PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
This study proposes a simple method for assessing the potential available monthly and annual recharge in a small crystalline basement aquifer catchment, taking into consideration...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41692-4 (Taylor & Francis)
Sustainable Management After Irrigation System Transfer
PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
Historically, economic crises have triggered the global policy of transferring the management of irrigation systems to water users associations. The impact of these transfers has...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41693-1 (Taylor & Francis)
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Assessment of the Effects of Climate Variability and Land-Use Changes on the Hydrology of the Meuse River Basin
PhD: UNESCO-IHE Institute, Delft
Anthropogenic climate change may lead to intensification of the global hydrological cysle and to increased flooding risk of rivers across Europe. A series of extreme...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41694-8 (Taylor & Francis)
Spaces of Sustainability
Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society
Spaces of Sustainability is an engaging and accessible introduction to the key philosophical ideas which lie behind the principles of sustainable development. This topical resource...
2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35804-0 (Routledge)
Hydrogeology and Groundwater Modeling, Second Edition
Coupling the basics of hygrogeology with analytical and numerical modeling methods, Hydrogeology and Groundwater Modeling, Second Edition provides detailed coverage of both theory and practice....2006 | Hardback: 978-0-8493-3348-4 (CRC Press)
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