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Competition for Scarce Groundwater in the Sana'a Plain, Yemen. A study of the incentive systems for urban and agricultural water use.

By Mohammed I. Al-Hamdi

The efficient management of water supply becomes even more important in arid areas where supply is at best erratic. This book looks at a range...

2000 | Hardback: 978-9054104261 (Taylor & Francis)

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Palaeohistoria 39,40 (1997-1998)

Institute of Archaeology, Groningen, the Netherlands

By University of Groningen, Netherlands The Biological-Archaeological Institute

This annual covers excavation reports and analytical studies on archaeology, palaeobotany and archaeozoology. Topics covered include the Allerod vegetation of southeastern Friesland, Bronze Age metal...

2000 | Hardback: 978-9054104650 (Taylor & Francis)

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Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Carbonate Aquifers

Edited by Ira D. Sasowsky, Carol M. Wicks

Carbonate aquifers are an important source of water throughout the world. They are complicated systems and not always easy to interpret. Caves and channels form...

2000 | Hardback: 978-9054104988 (Taylor & Francis)

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Silting Problems in Hydro Power Plants

Proceedings of the First International Conference, New Delhi, India, 13-15th October 1999

Edited by C.V.J. Varma, B.S.K. Naidu, A.R.G. Rao

An examination of how silt has a major impact on the operation of hydropower projects in terms of the silting of reservoirs, with particular reference to...

2000 | Hardback: 978-9054107996 (Taylor & Francis)

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Computational Methods in Water Resources

Edited by L.R. Bentley, C.A. Brebbia, W.G. Gray, G.F. Pinder, J.F. Sykes

These volumes contain 160 papers covering a variety of topics, such as, groundwater and surface water flow and transport, multiphase flow, parameter estimation, scaling and...

2000 | Hardback: 978-9058091239 (Taylor & Francis)

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Groundwater 2000

Proceedings of the International Conference on Groundwater Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6-8 June 2000

Edited by Poul L. Bjerg, Peter Engesgaard, Thomas D. Krom

These proceedings, with cd-rom, present a comprehensive overview of advances in groundwater research. The five main topics covered are: aquifers and contaminant distribution; groundwater quality; natural...

2000 | Hardback: 978-9058091338 (Taylor & Francis)

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The Drinking Water Handbook

By Frank R. Spellman, Joanne Drinan

The Drinking Water Handbook is a systematic explanation of the many processes employed to make water safe to drink. It clarifies the laws that set...

1999 | Paperback: 978-1-56676-833-7 (CRC Press)

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Storms

Edited by Roger A. Peilke Jnr., Roger A. Peilke Snr.

This book shows how societies around the world have sought to reduce their vulnerability to storms through different levels of planning and legislation. It also...

1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17239-4 (Routledge)

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Pesticide Removal by Combined Ozonation and Granular Activated Carbon Filtration

By Ervin Orlandini

This research aimed to identify and understand mechanisms thar underlie the beneficial effect of ozonation on removal of pesticides and other micropollutants by Granular Activated...

1999 | Hardback: 978-9054104148 (Taylor & Francis)

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Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability

The Prospects for Green Growth

By Paul Ekins

A key area of public policy in the last twenty years is the question of how, and how much, to protect vthe environment. At the...

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17333-9 (Routledge)

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