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Water resources in the arid realm
- Title
- Water resources in the arid realm / Clive Agnew and Ewan Anderson.
- Author
- Agnew, Clive, 1955-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Anderson, Ewan W.
- Description
- xvi, 329 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Routledge physical environment series
- Uniform Title
- Routledge physical environment series.
- Subject
- Water resources management
- Arid regions ecology
- Arid regions > Middle East
- Arid regions > Africa
- Hydrology
- Water-supply > Management
- Water-supply > Management
- Arid regions
- Arid regions ecology
- Hydrology
- Trockengebiet
- Wasserhaushalt
- Gestion des ressources en eau > Planification > Régions arides
- Hydrologie > Régions arides
- Écologie des régions arides
- Approvisionnement en eau > Planification > Régions arides
- Régions arides > Afrique
- Régions arides > Moyen-Orient
- Africa
- Middle East
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-329) and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. Introduction. 1. Arid Environments. Location of arid areas. The climate of arid areas. Agriculture in arid lands -- pt. II. Water resource problems. 2. Variable Water Supplies. Rainfall. Surface runoff. Groundwater. 3. Climatic Change in Arid Lands. Evidence of climatic change. Causes of climatic change in arid lands. Climatic change predictions. 4. Drought. Definitions of drought. Sahel drought case study. 5. Data Collection and Analysis. Precipitation. Evaporation and evapotranspiration. Surface water. Basin setting. Sedimentation. Soil moisture. Groundwater. Water quality. Water resource assessment and management -- pt. III. Enhancing water supplies. 6. Irrigation. Traditional irrigation practices. Modern irrigation practices. Environmental hazards. Large or small scale? Crop water requirements and irrigation scheduling. Irrigation design and evaluation. Summary. 7. Desalination. Distillation. Membranes. Freezing. Summary. 8. Precipitation Enhancement and Cloud Seeding. Cloud seeding: a brief history. Physical methods. Scientific proof. Social and legal issues. Summary. 9. Water Storage. Surface storage. Interregional water transfers. Groundwater storage and recycling -- pt. IV. Management of water resources. 10. The Geopolitics of Water. New world order. Geopolitics. Water as a strategic resource. The potential for water geopolitics. Water resources and geopolitics. International river basin: legal aspects. Three key catchments. Conclusion. 11. The Management of Water Resources. The hydrological system. Case studies of water management. Strategy and planning. Management planning. Supply, demand and water balance. Regulation. 12. Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0415043468
- 9780415043465
- 0415079691
- 9780415079693
- LCCN
- 91038302
- OCLC
- ocm24794960
- 24794960
- SCSB-1950066
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library