Energy industries and utilities

Around 6% of the Earth's land surface is covered by wetlands.

The world's water resources are being tapped at an ever increasing rate, to the extent that sustainability and water quality are being compromised.

Written by one of the world's leading scholars in the field, this book provides a unique perspective on the connections between energy justice and human rights.

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This book explores the role of renewable energy sources in driving sustainable development, with a focus on their circular use in achieving environmental efficiency and an energy balance.

This book examines some of the successes and failures of actual implementation of modern water policy options in the light of the principles and concepts which have emerged from the Rio Earth Summit, the Dublin Statement and other international consensus.

Until now, techniques for studying biofilms- the cellular colonies that live in drinking water systems, wastewater operations, even ground and surface water- have been limited.

This book brings together papers that offer conceptual analyses, highlight issues, propose solutions, and discuss practices regarding privacy, data protection and Artificial Intelligence.

This book focuses on green and innovative wastewater treatment technologies that promote sustainability.

Oil and Development in the Arab Gulf States (1985) brings together in one volume the manifold sources of information on the Arab Gulf region, especially the impact of oil revenues on its economic, political and social development.

Advanced Materials and Technologies for Wastewater Treatment discusses the methods and technologies of physical, chemical, biological, and thermo-catalytic treatment techniques.

This book presents a succinct overview of research on China's Energy Efficiency as studied by the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT).

Seawater desalination is increasingly being used as a means to augment freshwater supplies in regions with high water stress, and reverse osmosis is increasingly the technology of choice because of the low energy consumption.

Fundamentals of Public Utilities Management provides practical information for constructing a roadmap for successful compliance with new and ever-changing regulatory frameworks, upgrading and maintenance, and general management of utilities operations.

Integrated Water Resource Planning provides practical, evidence-based guidance on water resource planning.

This book examines Russia's multidimensional foreign energy policy and the emerging and ongoing conflicts with energy-consuming and transit countries.

Presenting current knowledge in the field of mudflows, this book includes both rheological mudflow aspects, and information on mudflow characteristics in open channels.

This book explores the critical role of energy management in addressing global challenges such as climate change, economic sustainability, and environmental conservation.

In Situ Remediation Engineering provides a comprehensive guide to the design and implementation of reactive zone methods for treatment of all major classes of groundwater contamination.

Microfibers, synthetic fibers like polyester and nylon, are emerging contaminants widely distributed in air, water, and soil, posing significant ecological risks.

This is the 2nd edition of one of the most comprehensive accounts of debris flow, describing both theoretical and applied aspects.

It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food security and energy is required.

This book suggests sustainable economy from the viewpoint of tourism fostering low carbon footprint.

This monograph provides the practising engineer with a concise overview of the methods of water diversion and exclusion or removal of sediment from the diverted water.

Originally published in 1988.

Interest in ozonation for drinking water and wastewater treatment has soared in recent years due to ozone's potency as a disinfectant, and the increasing need to control disinfection byproducts that arise from the chlorination of water and wastewater.

This book serves as a valuable resource for economic policymakers, economic analysts, halal trainers, halal stakeholders, agribusiness advocates, and halal industry consultants in the rapidly changing emerging green and blue economy.

Energy as a Curse The analysis of rentierism in Post-soviet states, which this book presents, underscores the need for further research as rentier state concepts have mainly been applied to "e;older"e; rentier states like African, Latin American and Arab countries.

This thesis describes the occurrence of microbial and chemical contaminants in swimming pools and the investigation of an alternative disinfection technology, UVOX Redox(R) that could reduce reliance on chlorine and the formation of chlorinated disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in swimming pools.

Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related incidents.

FROM THE PREFACEIn the years since the first edition, I have continued to consider ways in which the texts could be improved.

Over recent years, important contributions on the topic of solving various aquifer problems have been presented in numerous papers and reports.

This collection covers essential concepts in the management of coastal disasters, outlining several field surveys of such events that have taken place in the 21st century, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, and the storm surges generated by Hurricane Katrina, Cyclone Nargis, and Typhoon Haiyan.

The Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook provides the tools necessary for fusing geological characterization and investigation with critical analysis for obtaining engineering design criteria.

Exponential growth of the worldwide population requires increasing amounts of water, food, and energy.

The first offering from the Fisher Investments On investing series is a comprehensive guide to the Energy sector.

Citizen participation in water and environmental management via community-based monitoring (CBM) has been praised for the potential to facilitate better informed, more inclusive, transparent, and representative decision making.

This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge related to concerns about methylmercury (MeHg) in the soil-rice system.

This book sheds light on how global warming has caused the ongoing environmental disaster in the Arctic, namely its melting.

This book represents a milestone.

Originally published in 1986.

This book covers pharmaceutical residue dispersion in the aquatic environment and its toxic effect on living organisms.

Machine Learning for Subsurface Characterization develops and applies neural networks, random forests, deep learning, unsupervised learning, Bayesian frameworks, and clustering methods for subsurface characterization.

With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies.

The Nile provides freshwater not only for domestic and industrial use, but also for irrigated agriculture, hydropower dams and the vast fisheries resource of the lakes of Central Africa.

This edited book responds to the need for a better understanding of how climate change affects North America and for the identification of processes, methods and tools that may help countries and communities to develop a more robust adaptive capacity.

Dieses Buch beschreibt die zukunftsfähige Gestaltung der physischen Basis von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft insgesamt durch eine gerechte Steuerung des weltweiten Ressourcenverbrauchs.