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The subjects refer to histories of ancient and modern use of seacoasts; possible macro-projects capable of massive changes in the coastlines of the Dead Sea, Red Sea and Persian Gulf caused by canal and massively scaled hydropower dam installations; relevant...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-02-09
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This book is the first comprehensive documentation and interpretation of modern neritic carbonate sediments on the southern Australian continental margin, the largest cool-water carbonate depositional system on the globe. The approach is classical but the information is...
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Springer
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2010-10-05
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The proposed book deals with the role of changing groundwater base level on the adjacent hydrological systems. It summarizes, compiles and compares results of current and paleo base levels, using examples from all over the world.
A classification is given for marine or...
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Springer
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2010-09-02
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The Danube River Basin is shared by 19 countries and there is no river basin in the world shared by so many nations. Europe’s second largest river basin with a total 2 area of about 800,000 km is also home to 83 million people of different cultures, languages and...
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Springer
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2010-08-24
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More than 2.6 billion people in the developing world lack access to safe water and sanitation service. The Millennium Development Goal’s (MDG) target is to halve the number of people without access to a sustainable source of water supply and connection to a sewer...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-08-17
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The Malaga Symposia Series provides an international forum for scientific debate on the progress made in research into karst environments. The 2010 meeting of the 4th International ISKA presents 80 papers in four key areas: karst hydrogeology and investigations, karst...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-08-16
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Addressing the links between science and the real world with a sound scientific baseline, Coastal Water Bodies targets researchers of various disciplines whose interest lies in the integrated sustainable management of coastal water bodies. The main topic of this book is...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-04-20
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1.1 General Framework In most arid and semi-arid countries, water resource management is an issue that is both important and controversial. Most water resources experts now acknowledge that water conflicts are not caused by physical scarcity but are mainly due to poor...
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Springer
Parution :
2010-03-25
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The foundation of quantitative genetics theory was developed during the last century and facilitated many successful breeding programs for cultivated plants and t- restrial livestock.The results have been almost universally impressive, and today nearly all agricultural...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-03-17
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From time immemorial the Bengal Delta had been an important maritime des- nation for traders from all parts of the world. The actual location of the port of call varied from time to time in line with the natural hydrographic changes.From the early decades of the second...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2010-01-12
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Water Science and Technology Library
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International voices fill the pages of Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions, forming an original scientific exploration of current water research and management issues.
In arid regions, agriculture that is ill-adapted to the environment, accelerated urbanization,...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-12-01
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Understanding water circulation in rocks represents a very important element to solving many of the problems linked with civil, environmental and mining engineering. This book offers a synthesis of the actual knowledge about the fluid flow in rocks:
- from the medium...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-10-06
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Tracers in Hydrology and Water Research is a comprehensive overview of the application of natural and artificial tracers in hydrology and environmental research. Taking a unique approach by providing the reader with a systematic and state of the art description of...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-09-15
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This book addresses the fundamental requirement for an interdisciplinary catchment based approach to managing and protecting water resources that crucially includes an understanding of land use and its management. In this approach the hydrological cycle links...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-09-11
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Um zuverlässig einschätzen zu können, welche ökologische Wertigkeit ein Fließgewässer hat, ist eine fundierte, ganzheitliche Bewertung nötig. Wie das geht, zeigt das Handbuch anschaulich für die Fließgewässer der norddeutschen Tiefebene. Es beschreibt präzise, worauf...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2009-08-18
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This accessible new textbook provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of groundwater systems and their management. Using straightforward language and analogies to everyday experiences, it explains the origins, nature, and behavior of subsurface water without...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-03-12
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This text integrates a wide range of research and tidal resource theory and data to present a detailed analysis of the physics and oceanography of tidal stream power devices together with a world wide resource analysis. Clearly structured throughout the book is divided...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-02-17
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This text presents a series of thematic chapters together with chapters on representative groundwater systems in Europe which illustrate the main processes and evolution of water quality. Brings together the research of a consortium of leading European scientists...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-01-26
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River restoration projects are designed to recreate functional characteristics within a context of physical stability. They tend to focus on the development and application of geomorphic principles for river restoration design. Due to different models obtaining...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2008-02-28
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This state-of-the-art, research level text considers the growing volume of research at the interface of hydrology and ecology and focuses on: the evolution of hydroecology / ecohydrology process understanding bydroecological interactions, dynamics and linkages...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2008-02-28
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