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  • Groundwater around the World

    A Geographic Synopsis

    by Jean Margat, Jac van der Gun ...
    This book presents a unique and up-to-date summary of what is known about groundwater on our planet, from a global perspective and in terms of area-specific factual information. Unlike most textbooks on groundwater, it does not deal with theoretical principles, but rather with the overall picture that emerges as a result of countless observations, ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

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  • Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources

    by Donald L. Grebner, Pete Bettinger, Jacek P. Siry ...
    Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources presents a broad overview of the profession of forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry, including forest health, economics, policy, utilization, and forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest products and harvesting, recreation, wildlife habitats, tree anatomy and physiology, and ethics. These topics are ideal for ... Read more

    $70.39 CAD

  • Water for All

    Global Solutions for a Changing Climate

    by David Sedlak ...
    A fresh look at the world’s water crises, and the existing and emerging solutions that can be used to solve themIt is not your imagination: water crises are more frequent. Our twentieth-century systems for providing the water that grows food, sustains cities, and supports healthy ecosystems are failing to meet the demands of growing population and the challenges brought on by climate change. But ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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  • Water Resources

    by Shimon C. Anisfeld, Dr. ...
    Series series Foundations Contemporary Environmental
    In this concise introduction to water resources, Shimon Anisfeld explores the fundamental interactions between humans and water, including drinking, sanitation, irrigation, and power production. The book familiarizes students with the current water crisis and with approaches for managing this essential resource more effectively in a time of rapid environmental and social change. Anisfeld addresses ... Read more

    $69.29 CAD

  • The International Law of Transboundary Groundwater Resources

    by Gabriel Eckstein ...
    Series series Earthscan Water Text
    This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of international law as it applies to transboundary groundwater resources and aquifers. The main focus is on recent developments and the emerging international law for transboundary aquifers as reflected in the practice of states and the work of the UN International Law Commission, UN Economic Commission for Europe, and International Law ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • The Last Oasis

    Facing Water Scarcity

    by Sandra Postel ...
    For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?s water supplies. Today, 27 countries are short of water, a quarter of the world?s population has no safe water, 46 per cent have no proper sanitation and each year four million children die of water-borne diseases. As most of the world?s major river systems cross several national boundaries, the scope disputes and the threat to international ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes

    Edited by Götz Schroth, Gustavo A. B. da Fonseca, Celia A. Harvey, Claude Gascon, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Anne-Marie N. Izac ...
    Agroforestry -- the practice of integrating trees and other large woody perennials on farms and throughout the agricultural landscape -- is increasingly recognized as a useful and promising strategy that diversifies production for greater social, economic, and environmental benefits. Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes brings together 46 scientists and practitioners ... Read more

    $69.29 CAD

  • Desertification

    Natural Background and Human Mismanagement

    by Monique Mainguet ...
    Series Book 9 - Springer Series in Physical Environment
    Controversial, and often discussed with passion and vehemence, desertification is a problem on whose solution the survival of millions of humans is dependent. This book aims at an understanding of what is commonly called "desertification" - a term which has a connotation of irreversibility, spreading and emergence of desert-like landscapes: "land degradation" is proposed to replace it. The purpose ... Read more

    $98.69 CAD

  • Water Resources and Agricultural Development in the Tropics

    by Christopher J. Barrow ...
    Series series Longman Development Studies
    First published in 1988. There are many excellent texts on water supply and irrigation engineering, irrigation economics, agricultural development and the problems which often plague such efforts. Few syntheses of such writings have been made, despite a clear need for them from people interested in water resources and agricultural development: students of geography, economics, development studies ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Science, Policy and Politics of Modern Agricultural System

    Global Context to Local Dynamics of Sustainable Agriculture

    Edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Shabbir A. Shahid, Nazia Mintz-Habib ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book arises from a 2011 international conference entitled Climate Change, Agri-Food, Fisheries and Ecosystems: Reinventing Research, Innovation, and Policy Agendas for an Environmentally and Socially-Balanced Growth (ICCAFFE2011), organized by the North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS) in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Germany ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Rethinking Agriculture

    Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives

    Edited by Timothy P Denham, José Iriarte, Luc Vrydaghs ...
    Although the need to study agriculture in different parts of the world on its “own terms” has long been recognized and re-affirmed, a tendency persists to evaluate agriculture across the globe using concepts, lines of evidence and methods derived from Eurasian research. However, researchers working in different regions are becoming increasingly aware of fundamental differences in the nature of, ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects

    by Robert Zwahlen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the entire process of environmental impact assessment for hydropower and dam projects, not from a legal or regulatory point of view, but from a very applied one, based mainly on the personal experience of the author, who is involved in this field of work since over 40 years, by describing the different steps of such an assessment, covering all major aspects to be dealt with. ... Read more

    $128.09 CAD