Hydrology and the hydrosphere

The development of ocean sensors remains a ripe area for future investigation from science, policy and systemsengineering standpoints.

The book explains the basic concepts of river water quality index, river environments, shifting of river courses, dams and barrages - their merits and demerits, mutual interdependence of river and society etc.

This book is the first collection of state-of-the-art research projects analyzing water conflict and cooperation with an explicitly theoretical point of view.

This book consists of the hydrogeochemical study of the springs of the Sicilian territory used for drinking water purposes.

The global human population will reach nine billion by 2050, and seafood is projected to be the primary food source to sustain such a large population.

Achieving sustainability is perhaps the single-most important task for our generation.

Achieving sustainability is perhaps the single-most important task for our generation.

As water's significance as a geopolitical resource is poised to surpass that of oil, this book explores the adaptation of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in the Middle East to climate change challenges, leveraging the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus for a sustainable transition and resilient solutions.

This book highlights the characteristics, aims, and applications of microorganisms as a crucial solution for sustainable management of the toxic pollutants in aquatic ecosystems, soil, and air.

This textbook provides an excellent resource for engineering and science students to develop basic, intermediate and advanced level skills in hydraulics, hydrology and environmental engineering.

The subject of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock masses has close relevance to energy-related deep earth engineering activities, such as enhanced geothermal systems, geological disposal of radioactive waste, sequestration of CO2, long-term disposal of waste water and recovery of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs.

This book is a ready reckoner of recent information regarding the impact of leachate landfills, leachate treatment, and heavy metals on a single platform.

The subject of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock masses has close relevance to energy-related deep earth engineering activities, such as enhanced geothermal systems, geological disposal of radioactive waste, sequestration of CO2, long-term disposal of waste water and recovery of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs.

This book contains detailed information about the traditional rainwater structures.

The book presents the most relevant research of the participants of the VII International Conference of Young Scientists "e;Complex Investigation of the World Ocean"e; (CIWO-2023).

The book presents an interdisciplinary systematic evaluation of increasing water stress and scarcity over the globe and specifically South Africa.

This book seeks to showcase the ongoing challenges of water resource and its management through innovative and cutting-edge approaches (flooding and droughts and their respective impacts; spatial and urban planning; early warning systems; estimation of losses; water resource in the age of global climate change; risk communication; meteorology; integrated analysis; risk mitigation; infrastructures; nature-based management; watershed management; transport; legal assessment; vulnerability analysis; public participation; or case studies).

This book provides simultaneously, a cross-sectoral, multi-scale assessment of climate change issues in Morocco and proposes levers of action and innovative practices to be used to strengthen the resilience and adaptation strategies.

Freshwater is a finite resource and is being deteriorated directly and indirectly by anthropogenic pressures.

Even though frequent disaster losses occur in rural and agricultural areas, a substantial number of the prevailing disaster research has focused on urban areas, often failing to notice rural populations, communities, and rural development as a whole.

This volume discusses contemporary techniques, technologies, and solutions for industrial wastewater remediation and treatment.

This book seeks to enrich the growing literature on mine legacies by examining a case study of a small abandoned mine in Latin America.

This book offers a practical guidance for environmental engineers and scientists charged with assessing the cause-and-effect of pollutants in receiving water systems.

The system of the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers is one of the great river systems of southwestern Asia.

This book attempts to unlock the intricacies of transforming inland aquaculture into a beacon of sustainability with this indispensable guide.

This volume captures the impact of women's research on the public health and environmental engineering profession.

This book provides information on the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to modern environmental problems associated with ocean pollution with a particular focus on the Back Sea.

This volume advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of geospatial technologies related to groundwater resource management, mapping, monitoring, and modelling using up-to-date remote sensing and GIS techniques.

Desalination is to the water industry what renewables are to the electricity sector.

Advanced Bioseparation of Industrial Wastes: Sustainable Recovery of High-Value Metal Ions examines resource recovery from a variety of industrial waste streams, including sludge and wastewater, with an emphasis on both the fundamentals and the more advanced concepts involved.

This book offers a complete overview of the measurement of precipitation from space, which has made considerable advancements during the last two decades.

This book presents solutions to address water security in rapidly urbanizing cities, and explores the new paradigms of water security in changing contexts.

This book presents the results of basic and applied studies on the solution of burning issues within the analysis of anomalous changes in marine environment under the influence of climatic changes and economic activities in the Azov-Black Sea basins.

Missing data is a ubiquitous problem that plagues many hydrometeorological datasets.

This book deals with every aspect of oceanography in detail including various aspects of physical, chemical, geological, and biological discourse.

This book uses five decades of map data, air photos, and medium to high-resolution satellite imagery to track the expansions of aquaculture and the loss of both estuarine and mangrove land covers in Ecuador.