Hydrology and the hydrosphere

This volume provides readers with the tools to unlock the potential of Earth observation (EO) technologies to transform coastal zone management.

The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of hydrology, environmental engineering, agricultural engineering, earth sciences, and watershed and range sciences, as well as to those engaged in water resources planning, development and management in arid and semi-arid areas.

This book highlights the first comparative long-term analysis of the negative impacts of large dams on riverine communities and on free-flowing rivers in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

This book presents the latest developments and advances in solar desalination technology, including the concept, design, testing, modeling, economics and innovation.

This book introduces a new technology for environmental protection, namely plasma cleaning.

This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society.

This book contains two parts.

This textbook offers a complete comprehensive coverage of wastewater engineering from pollutant classification, design of collection systems and treatment systems including operational guidelines for the treatment plants.

Research on historical earthquakes and tsunamis in the Iberian Peninsula has made great strides in recent years, from diverse scientific fields ranging from geology to archaeology.

This book offers a systematic study of control algorithms applied in the operation of solar membrane distillation (SMD) facilities.

This book discusses new and innovative trends and techniques in the application of nanotechnology to industrial wastewater treatment both at a laboratory scale and an industry scale, including treatment, remediation, sensing and pollution prevention.

This book introduces emergency management of barrier lakes systematically,including theories and practices, risk assessment under extremely high-riskconditions, evolution of outburst floods, analysis of anti-impact stability, andemergency management technology and assessment of risk elimination effect.

This book presents state-of-the-art techniques on radon (222Rn) in the environment, including measurement techniques in air, soil and water and its potential applications to various hydrological investigations, especially for water resources development and management.

This book presents state-of-the-art techniques on radon (222Rn) in the environment, including measurement techniques in air, soil and water and its potential applications to various hydrological investigations, especially for water resources development and management.

This book introduces emergency management of barrier lakes systematically,including theories and practices, risk assessment under extremely high-riskconditions, evolution of outburst floods, analysis of anti-impact stability, andemergency management technology and assessment of risk elimination effect.

Globally, different regions are facing severe water shortages.

This book presents electrochemical water treatment methods, which offer ways to find more sustainable solutions.

This book presents electrochemical water treatment methods, which offer ways to find more sustainable solutions.

Microorganisms, the catalysts of all biogeochemical cycles on Earth, are the origin and essence of life-an invisible yet powerful force sustaining all living organisms.

A Zero Liquid Discharge System (ZLDS) is a process that recovers water and solvents from wastewater.

The ever-increasing number of pollutants released into the environment drives the search for new treatment technologies or the modification of existing ones.

This book explores the current ecosystem status of tropical inland waters especially in Southeast Asia, the progress of ecosystem restoration in terms of current studies, technological interventions, policy recommendations, and stakeholder participation that gives due respect to traditional knowledge and cultural practices, and the challenges and opportunities of the restoration processes.

The book provides technical information on the operation of wastewater treatment plants and strategies to be adopted for the design of plants, assessment, processes and technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse for irrigation and industry, including protecting the environment.

This thesis examines the feasibility of using silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as a viable disinfectant.

This book presents the study of limnogeomorphology, in which past proxy data such as lacustrine sediments with information on landform development can be linked to modern observed data acquired by instruments, including hydro-geomorphological and sedimentary data.

This book summarizes the key findings of a five-year interdisciplinary research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF).

This book highlights the water-energy-food nexus as one of the most important and fundamental global environmental issues facing the world.

This book highlights what are likely to be the future megatrends in the water sector and why and how they should be incorporated to improve water governance in the coming decades.

This book comprehensively introduces recent important studies on coral reefs from various research fields including biology, ecology, chemistry, the earth sciences, and conservation studies.

This book highlights the relationship between the water sector and various other sectors in order to establish an improved understanding of the importance of water resources as an essential cross-cutting vector of socio-economic development.

The book presents geomorphological studies of the major river basins - the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra and their tributaries.

This book provides detailed analysis methods and design guidelines for fire resistance, a vital consideration for offshore processing and production platforms.

This book introduces readers to the rich and varied thermal springs of the Tibetan Plateau, which is steadily rising due to the collision of two continental plates.

This book presents recent advances in the area of Radioscience, Equatorial Atmospheric Science and Environment from the international symposium for equatorial atmosphere of the celebration of the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar (EAR) 20th Anniversary, conducted by Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) and Kyoto University, in 2021.

This book analyses how a water utility from a developing country, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, that was totally dysfunctional, corruption-ridden and literally bankrupt in 1993, became one of the most successful water utilities of the developing world in only about 15 years.

This book highlights the need for effective water governance in India given the fact that the country has been facing serious water stress in recent years.

This thesis provides multidisciplinary perspectives on changes in global mass transports, especially in the global water cycle.

The ocean is a major source of income for many coastal nations, particularly in the developing world.

This book provides a solid foundation for a comprehensive, systemic and water-centric approach to water management.

This book highlights the development of lake systems and water reservoirs as well as the impact of climate change on water resources in Central Asian countries.

This book discusses the sources of uncertainty in future model projections of the tropical Pacific SST warming pattern under global warming.

This book collects the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of environmental science and sustainable development, which were presented by scholars and researchers at the 2021 6th Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development, held in Phuket, Thailand, November 6-8, 2021.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering (ICDSME 2019), organized by the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).

This book identifies emerging technologies that allow the reuse and regeneration of industrial wastewater with innovative and applied approaches throughout the wastewater treatment cycle.

This book consists of selected and presented papers from the 2022 12th International Conference on Environment Science and Engineering (ICESE 2022), which was held in Beijing, China, during September 2-5, 2022.

This book highlights the several pollutants and their derivatives that exist in water and wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, personal care products, heavy metals, pesticides, dyes etc.

This book highlights the several pollutants and their derivatives that exist in water and wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, personal care products, heavy metals, pesticides, dyes etc.

This book collects research papers on the economic and social impact of earth sciences.

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the development and evolution of flatfish metamorphosis.

In the past 25 years, planetary science has undergone a revolution with the discovery of vast oceans of liquid water within the icy moons of our Solar System.