This report presents a summary of the key challenges and opportunities related to financing that contributes to water security and sustainable growth distilling insights from the Roundtable on Financing Water and related analyses.
Brazil made significant progress in managing water resources since the adoption of the National Water Law in 1997 and the creation of the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) in 2000.
ADRIANO DE MAIO IReR President This publication originated from the workshop on "e;Control and risk prevention of dangerous materials and crisis management"e; that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, in March 2009.
This volume is the result of years of commitment with world-wide sanitation challenges from various research networks linking the editors and authors of this volume to many other sanitation scholars and professionals.
Within the span of last couple of years, the increasing human interference with v- ious natural ecosystems and higher discharge of pollutants has presented numerous challenges to the society related to preserving the nature for a better tomorrow.
In recent years, the East and South East Asian region has witnessed a rapid expansion of regional economic cooperation through bilateral and plurilateral free trade agreements.
Este libro es una introducción al tratamiento de aguas residuales industriales y domésticas, dirigida tanto a estudiantes como a licenciados en Ingeniería, Biología, Química, etc.
La obra está redactada de tal forma que puede utilizarse como un libro de exto para: un curso apmplio de un semestre de duración sobre los procesos físico-químicos, durante el cual se expliquen extensamente los doce capítulos; y un curso de un semestre de duración durante el cual se estudien con profundidad los capítulos que tratan de los procesos convencionales y de los que se aplican corrientemente; o como en nuestra opinión sería más conveniente, un curso de dos semestres durante el cual se estudien con profundidad los conceptos sobre la dinámica de procesos y todas las materias del libro.
This contributed volume aims to provide latest updates in the area of bioenergy including biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethanation, biomass gasification, and biomass cook-stove.
Global society in the 21st century is facing challenges of improving the quality of air, water, soil and the environment and maintaining the ecological balance.
This book combines issues several critical ones in the energy field (low-energy technologies, renewable energies such as the hydrogen economy, and geothermal energy).
This book focuses on the fundamental concept of and current endeavors in "e;urban mining"e; among those who are interested in both metal resources and ecology.
This book is the first of its kind to deal with fabrication processes of metal matrix composites (MMCs) theoretically, experimentally, systematically, and instructively.
This book consists of the most recent group of peer-reviewed research papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering, ICOCE 2024 held in Singapore from March 22 to 24.
Das Lehr- und Fachbuch wurde für die vierte Auflage vollständig überarbeitet und mit neuer konzeptioneller Ausrichtung den aktuellen Entwicklungen angepasst.
Die fünfte Auflage dieses Buches liefert einen Überblick über den neuesten Stand zu Ressourcen- und Klimaschutz durch Kreislaufwirtschaft und zur Verwertung von Altprodukten und Altstoffen (inkl.
Das Recycling von Altgeräten, Werkstoffen und anderen Materialien leistet einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Ressourcenschonung, Schadstoffbeseitigung und Energieeinsparung sowie zur Reduzierung von Deponievolumen.
Das Buch behandelt die Entstehung von Schadstoffemissionen und die Möglichkeiten zu deren Verringerung sowie den Kraftstoffverbrauch bei Otto- und Dieselmotoren einschließlich Dieselmotoren mit Direkteinspritzung.
Wind erosion has such a pervasive influence on environmental and agricultural matters that academic interest in it has been continuous for several decades.
Wind erosion has such a pervasive influence on environmental and agricultural matters that academic interest in it has been continuous for several decades.
In recent years the analysis, control, preservation, remediation and correct management of underground resources have received a growing attention in a variety of sectors, including industrial, professional and academic environments.
Coupling phenomena in non-saturated soils are fast becoming a headache for at least one of the following reasons: the large number of equations and unknowns, the complex T.
