Water Resources Management
Innovative and Green Solutions
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 2024
XII, 168 pages
978-3-11-102810-1 (ISBN)
Description
Water resource management consists of planning, developing, distributing and managing the available water resources. With increasing population growth, urbanization, and climate change, water management becomes more demanding. This book presents innovative solutions for present as well as future challenges we are facing in water conservation and water quality protection. The 2nd Ed. entails new figures, percentages, latest information, trends, and all case studies updated with new ones. Provides a green perspective on how water is and can be used. The update will entail new figures, percentages, latest information, trends, and all case studies updated with new ones.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
0 b/w and 0 col. ill., 0 b/w and 0 col. tbl.
File size
2,45 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-102810-1 (9783111028101)
Schweitzer Classification
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04/2024
2nd Edition
De Gruyter
€94.95
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04/2024
2nd Edition
De Gruyter
€94.95
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Previous edition
E-Book
03/2021
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€99.95
Available for download
Person
Robert C. Brears is Founder of Mitidaption, Mark and Focus, and Our Future Water. He has published widely on water security, water resources management, and related issues, and has conducted field research around the world, including Antarctica. He is the editor of the Climate Resilient Societies book series with Palgrave Macmillan. Robert is a contributing author for the World Bank's Water Blog, Asian Development Bank's Blog, United Nations Industrial Development Organization's Making It Magazine, and Green Growth Knowledge Platform. He is also the author of several books.
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Innovative water management
- Chapter 3 Conserving and recycling and reusing water
- Chapter 4 Generating renewable energy and recovering resources from wastewater
- Chapter 5 Greening of grey water infrastructure
- Chapter 6 Protecting and restoring water quality in river basins
- Chapter 7 Smart digital water management and managing customers of the future
- Chapter 8 Innovative financial instruments and approaches for water projects
- Chapter 9 Best practices and conclusion
- Index
