Energy industries and utilities

The green economy is widely seen as a potential solution to current global economic and environmental crises, and a potential mechanism by which sustainable development might be achieved in practice.

The green economy is widely seen as a potential solution to current global economic and environmental crises, and a potential mechanism by which sustainable development might be achieved in practice.

Any understanding of the complex politics of the post-Soviet Caucasus presupposes an understanding of the relationship between the transportation of Azerbaijan's oil, inter-state relations and ethnic conflicts.

Any understanding of the complex politics of the post-Soviet Caucasus presupposes an understanding of the relationship between the transportation of Azerbaijan's oil, inter-state relations and ethnic conflicts.

This book encompasses various approaches to electrochemical water treatment, emphasizing a well-structured framework within the nexus of electrochemistry, water, and energy.

Wetlands are an important, and sadly diminishing, habitat in many parts of the world.

There are approximately 50,000 small water supplies in the UK alone, and thousands more worldwide.

There are approximately 50,000 small water supplies in the UK alone, and thousands more worldwide.

The contamination of both drinking and recreational water supplies by cyanobacteria is increasingly a cause for concern worldwide.

The contamination of both drinking and recreational water supplies by cyanobacteria is increasingly a cause for concern worldwide.

With Africa's water resources constantly threatened by an increasing population and the resultant rise in water demand, together with the stresses of water use for various activities, desertification, climate change, and other interventions in the water cycle by man, it is vital that the water resources in arid and semi-arid regions are developed a

With Africa's water resources constantly threatened by an increasing population and the resultant rise in water demand, together with the stresses of water use for various activities, desertification, climate change, and other interventions in the water cycle by man, it is vital that the water resources in arid and semi-arid regions are developed a

This book addresses the most pressing water resource issues in South Asia, particularly in relation to climate change and variability.

This book addresses the most pressing water resource issues in South Asia, particularly in relation to climate change and variability.

Arsenic contamination has become a global phenomenon.

Arsenic contamination has become a global phenomenon.

More than a billion people cannot get safe drinking water; half the world's population does not have adequate sanitation; within a generation over three billion will be suffering from water stress.

More than a billion people cannot get safe drinking water; half the world's population does not have adequate sanitation; within a generation over three billion will be suffering from water stress.

Marine resources and fish stocks are now high on the international and economic research agendas, and the management of highly complex marine ecosystems is increasingly important.

Marine resources and fish stocks are now high on the international and economic research agendas, and the management of highly complex marine ecosystems is increasingly important.

Only 3 per cent of the world's water is freshwater and about one third of that is inaccessible.

Only 3 per cent of the world's water is freshwater and about one third of that is inaccessible.

Focusing primarily on understanding the steady-state hydraulics that form the basis of hydraulic design and computer modelling applied in water distribution, Introduction to Urban Water Distribution elaborates the general principles and practices of water distribution in a straightforward way.

Focusing primarily on understanding the steady-state hydraulics that form the basis of hydraulic design and computer modelling applied in water distribution, Introduction to Urban Water Distribution elaborates the general principles and practices of water distribution in a straightforward way.

For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?

For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?

The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 is considered to have been one of the worst natural disasters in history, affecting twelve countries, from Indonesia to Somalia.

The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 is considered to have been one of the worst natural disasters in history, affecting twelve countries, from Indonesia to Somalia.

In 2000, various UN organizations launched a collaborative effort to assess the vulnerability of groundwater in several African cities.

During the past three decades, urban groundwater has emerged as one of the worlds most pressing issues.

During the past three decades, urban groundwater has emerged as one of the worlds most pressing issues.

The hydrogeologic environment of fractured rocks represents vital natural systems, examples of which occur on every continent.

The hydrogeologic environment of fractured rocks represents vital natural systems, examples of which occur on every continent.

This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia.

This book brings together current knowledge of terrestrial C sequestration in Central Asia.

The oil industry is the world's largest commercial enterprise.

The oil industry is the world's largest commercial enterprise.

An Economic Geography of Oil, first published in 1963, analyses the reasons behind the spatial distribution of the different sectors of the world oil industry.

An Economic Geography of Oil, first published in 1963, analyses the reasons behind the spatial distribution of the different sectors of the world oil industry.

The transport of sediment greatly influences the sustainability of an irrigation system.

A timely contribution and incisive analysis, this is the story of the British experiment in privatizing the nuclear power industry and its subsequent financial collapse.

Petroleum taxation is the universal instrument through which governments seek to determine the crucial balance between the financial interests of the oil companies and the owners of the resource.

Based on the work of the WASHCost project run by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), this book provides an evaluation of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sectors in the context of developing countries and is the first systematic study of applying the life-cycle cost approach to assessing allocations.

Based on the work of the WASHCost project run by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), this book provides an evaluation of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sectors in the context of developing countries and is the first systematic study of applying the life-cycle cost approach to assessing allocations.

The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of the physical aspects of resource efficiency are poorly understood.

The efficient use of natural resources is key to a sustainable economy, and yet the complexities of the physical aspects of resource efficiency are poorly understood.

One of the effects of global climate change is the increasing variability of extreme flood events and cyclones.

One of the effects of global climate change is the increasing variability of extreme flood events and cyclones.

Energy has become a major element to Russia's attempts, under Putin, to restore its influence over former Soviet territories and reaffirm itself as the dominant regional power.

Energy has become a major element to Russia's attempts, under Putin, to restore its influence over former Soviet territories and reaffirm itself as the dominant regional power.