Energy industries and utilities

The unprecedented growth of cities has a significant impact on future flood risk that might exceed the impacts of climate change in many metropolitan areas across the world.

The unprecedented growth of cities has a significant impact on future flood risk that might exceed the impacts of climate change in many metropolitan areas across the world.

Seawater desalination is a rapidly growing coastal industry that is increasingly threatened by algal blooms.

Seawater desalination is a rapidly growing coastal industry that is increasingly threatened by algal blooms.

Natural decadal climate variability (DCV) and its interactions with anthropogenic climate change (ACC) are vitally important to understand to predict the future of the Earth's climate.

Natural decadal climate variability (DCV) and its interactions with anthropogenic climate change (ACC) are vitally important to understand to predict the future of the Earth's climate.

Climate change has never been more important than it is now, as it has become arguably the world's most urgent problem.

Climate change has never been more important than it is now, as it has become arguably the world's most urgent problem.

The Ning-Meng reach of the Yellow River basin is located in the Inner Mongolia region at the Northern part of the Yellow River.

The Ning-Meng reach of the Yellow River basin is located in the Inner Mongolia region at the Northern part of the Yellow River.

Water and wastewater treatment normally take place in a series of continuous flow units, each designed to perform a step of the intended purification process - typically involving coagulation or flocculation, sedimentation or filtration, and disinfection.

Water and wastewater treatment normally take place in a series of continuous flow units, each designed to perform a step of the intended purification process - typically involving coagulation or flocculation, sedimentation or filtration, and disinfection.

Radar scattering and imaging of rough surfaces is an active interdisciplinary area of research with many practical applications in fields such as mineral and resource exploration, ocean and physical oceanography, military and national defense, planetary exploration, city planning and land use, environmental science, and many more.

Radar scattering and imaging of rough surfaces is an active interdisciplinary area of research with many practical applications in fields such as mineral and resource exploration, ocean and physical oceanography, military and national defense, planetary exploration, city planning and land use, environmental science, and many more.

Aquaculture is increasingly complementing global fisheries and is relevant to ocean and freshwater health, biodiversity and food security, as well as coastal management, tourism and natural heritage.

Aquaculture is increasingly complementing global fisheries and is relevant to ocean and freshwater health, biodiversity and food security, as well as coastal management, tourism and natural heritage.

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world.

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods across the world.

Originally published in 1989 Defence Industries presents a worldwide survey of defence industries.

Originally published in 1989 Defence Industries presents a worldwide survey of defence industries.

Offering broad coverage of advanced principals and applications, Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment mini series provides chemical and environmental engineers with the most complete resource available on the remediation of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on advanced and alternative approaches.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous and biggest democracy, celebrates her fiftieth year as an independent nation in October 2010.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous and biggest democracy, celebrates her fiftieth year as an independent nation in October 2010.

Utilities have long been essential for societies, supplying basic services for nations, organizations and households alike.

Utilities have long been essential for societies, supplying basic services for nations, organizations and households alike.

Whales and dolphins are icons for the conservation movement.

Whales and dolphins are icons for the conservation movement.

Modern society too often views water as a convenient vehicle for disposing of waste , and the results are becoming increasingly apparent.

Modern society too often views water as a convenient vehicle for disposing of waste , and the results are becoming increasingly apparent.

The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundation of their economies.

The Mekong Basin is home to some 70 million people, for whom this great river is a source of livelihoods, the basis for their ecosystems and a foundation of their economies.

The challenges in Russia's energy sector are changing.

The challenges in Russia's energy sector are changing.

Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies.

Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies.

This volume reviews the evolution of ten years' learning and discovery about water scarcity, livelihoods, and food security within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food.

This volume reviews the evolution of ten years' learning and discovery about water scarcity, livelihoods, and food security within the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food.

Growing scarcity of freshwater worldwide brings to light the need for sound water resource modeling and policy analysis.

Growing scarcity of freshwater worldwide brings to light the need for sound water resource modeling and policy analysis.

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge.

The integration of renewable energy resources into the electricity grid presents an important challenge.

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.

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.

Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres.

Approximately 80 per cent of the population of Latin America is concentrated in urban centres.

The Handbook of Sustainable Industrial Wastewater Treatment is an indispensable resource for addressing the pressing challenges of wastewater management through innovative and sustainable technologies.

This book presents a comprehensive, systematic analysis of Russia- Iran relations in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

This book presents a comprehensive, systematic analysis of Russia- Iran relations in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

In the years Bbetween the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and the beginning of the war mobilization boom in 1930, collieries in Europe and America embraced new technologies and had long since been excluded women from working underground.