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Urban Water Security: Managing Risks - Unesco-Ihp

~~90,09€~~ 81,08€ 10% OFF

 Addresses urban water risks by examining how urbanization impacts the urban water cycle and the associated health risks from microbiological and chemical contamination, water-borne diseases, poor sanitation, inadequately treated wastewater, and climate change, emphasizing the need for adequate management strategies and alternative scenarios.
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Urban Water In Japan

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 In Japan, situated in a low-lying delta, half of the population and 75 per cent of the property are concentrated in flooding-vulnerable areas. This book treats the implementation of measures and management practices in Japan to realize climate robust sustainable urban water management.
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Humid Tropics - Unesco-Ihp

82,14€ + 10% CARD

 Deals with excess water, flood, risk to personal safety, city life, disease transmission. This book focuses on engineering aspects related to water supply, wastewater, stormwater management and flood control. It contains case studies from South America.
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Urban Water Conflicts - Unesco-Ihp

by Bernard Barraqué

83,46€ + 10% CARD

 Urban water conflicts manifested first in Europe in the 19th century and are observed nowadays in various forms throughout the world; in particular, in developing countries. Main causes of these conflicts are characterized by complex socioeconomic and institutional issues related to urban water management. The debate about public water services ver
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Urban Water Cycle Processes And Interactions - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

by Jiri Marsalek

72,86€ + 10% CARD

 Urban Water Cycle Processes and Interactions represents the fruit of a project by UNESCO''s International Hydrological Programme on this topic. The volume introduces the urban water cycle concept and the need for integrated or total management. It then explores in detail the manifold hydrological components of the cycle, the diverse elements of urban infrastructure and water services, and the various effects of urbanization on the environment - from the atmosphere and surface waters to wetlands, soils and groundwater, as well as biodiversity. A concluding series of recommendations for effective urban water management summarize the important findings set forth here.
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Data Requirements For Integrated Urban Water Management - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

127,19€ + 10% CARD

 Integrated urban water management relies on data allowing us to analyse, understand and predict the behaviour of the individual water cycle components and their interactions. The concomitant monitoring of the complex of urban water system elements makes it possible to grasp the entirety of relations among the various components of the urban water c
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid And Semi-Arid Regions - Unesco-Ihp

86,11€ + 10% CARD

 The Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is an emerging approach to managing the entire urban water cycle in an integrated way, which is key to achieving the sustainability of urban water resources and services. An examination ofÂ integrated management of water resources in urban settings, this book focuses on issues specific to arid and semi-arid regions. It provides an overview of the various aspects of IUWM in arid and semi-arid regions, emphasizingÂ water supply technologies such as artificial recharge, water transfers, desalination, and rainfall harvesting. The bookÂ discusses water excess management in the context ofÂ the stormwater and the floodplain management systems.Â It includes case studies from developed and developing countries thatÂ underline the needs and challenges of water management in urban environments in arid and semi-arid regions around the world.
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More Urban Water - Design And Management Of Dutch Water Cities

by Fransje Hooimeijer e Wout Toorn Vrijthoff

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 An integral approach to the relation of urbanism and water management in Dutch water cities and to adjustments necessary to upgrade water management systems to the requirements imposed by a changing amount or precipitation and by changing function, technology and scale of urban areas.
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Aquatic Habitats In Sustainable Urban Water Management - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

94,06€ + 10% CARD

 Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. The unsustainable use of aquatic habitats, including inadequate urban water management itself, however, tends to alter and reduce their biodiversity and therewith diminish their ability to provide clean water, protect us from waterborne diseases and po
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Urban Water Security: Managing Risks - Unesco-Ihp

234,51€ + 10% CARD

 Focuses on the effects of the urbanization and the consequences for the urban water cycle. This book elaborates on the effects, impact and management strategies to better prepare the city on the urbanization by describing the risks, presenting approaches to risk control and by demonstrating effects.
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Humid Tropics - Unesco-Ihp

168,97€ + 10% CARD

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 Deals with excess water, flood, risk to personal safety, city life, disease transmission. This book focuses on engineering aspects related to water supply, wastewater, stormwater management and flood control. It contains case studies from South America.
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Aquatic Habitats In Sustainable Urban Water Management - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

197,36€ + 10% CARD

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 Aims at improving the understanding of aquatic habitats, related ecosystem goods and services, and conservation and sustainable use - with a special focus on their integration into urban water management.
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Aquatic Habitats In Sustainable Urban Water Management - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

95,97€ + 10% CARD

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 Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. This title aims at improving our understanding of aquatic habitats, related ecosystem goods and services, and conservation and sustainable use - with a focus on their integration into urban water management.
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Urban Water Cycle Processes And Interactions - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

by Bernard Chocat, Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, Jiri Marsalek, Mohammad (Polytechnic Institute Of New York University, Brooklyn, Usa) Karamouz e Per-Arne Malmquist

74,34€ + 10% CARD

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 Introducing the urban water cycle concept and the need for integrated or total management, this volume explores the manifold hydrological components of the cycle, the diverse elements of urban infrastructure and water services and the various effects of urbanization on the environment - from the atmosphere and surface waters to wetlands and soils.
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More Urban Water - Design And Management Of Dutch Water Cities

by Fransje (Delft University Of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands) Hooimeijer e Wout (Delft University Of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands) Toorn Vrijthoff

197,36€ + 10% CARD

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 An integral approach to the relation of urbanism and water management in Dutch water cities and to adjustments necessary to upgrade water management systems to the requirements imposed by a changing amount or precipitation and by changing function, technology and scale of urban areas.
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Urban Water Conflicts - Unesco-Ihp

by Bernard (Cnrs, Latts - Ecole Nationale Des Ponts Et Chaussees, Marne La Vallee, France) Barraque

85,16€ + 10% CARD

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 Urban Water Conflicts examines interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and analyzing urban water conflicts manifested in different ways and levels. It addresses economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability, different levels of government in relation to urban water management and includes case studies.
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Humid Tropics - Unesco-Ihp

83,81€ + 10% CARD

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 Deals with excess water, flood, risk to personal safety, city life, disease transmission. This book focuses on engineering aspects related to water supply, wastewater, stormwater management and flood control. It contains case studies from South America.
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Urban Water Security: Managing Risks - Unesco-Ihp

254,14€ + 10% CARD

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 Focuses on the effects of the increasing urbanization, and, accordingly, the increasing number of urban dwellers and the consequences for the urban water cycle. This title also elaborates on the effects, impact and management strategies to better prepare the city for the increasing urbanization.
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid And Semi-Arid Regions - Unesco-Ihp

87,86€ + 10% CARD

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 Examining integrated management of water resources in urban settings, this book focuses on issues specific to arid and semi-arid regions. It provides an overview of the various aspects of IUWM in arid and semi-arid regions, emphasizing water supply technologies such as artificial recharge, water transfers, desalination, and rainfall harvesting.
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid And Semi-Arid Regions - Unesco-Ihp

168,97€ + 10% CARD

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 Examining integrated management of water resources in urban settings, this book focuses on issues specific to arid and semi-arid regions. It provides an overview of the various aspects of IUWM in arid and semi-arid regions, emphasizing water supply technologies such as artificial recharge, water transfers, desalination, and rainfall harvesting.
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Urban Water Cycle Processes And Interactions - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

by Bernard Chocat, Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, Jiri Marsalek, Mohammad (Polytechnic Institute Of New York University, Brooklyn, Usa) Karamouz e Per-Arne Malmquist

168,97€

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 Effective management of urban water should be based on a scientific understanding of the impact of human activity on both the urban hydrological cycle and the environment itself. This book represents the fruit of a project by UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme on this topic.
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Data Requirements For Integrated Urban Water Management - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

283,89€

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 Integrated urban water management relies on data allowing us to analyse, understand and predict the behaviour of the individual water cycle components and their interactions. This volume describes principles for developing a monitoring programme in support of sustainable urban water management. It examines the monitoring of water cycle components.
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Data Requirements For Integrated Urban Water Management - Urban Water Series - Unesco-Ihp

129,77€

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 Integrated urban water management relies on data allowing us to analyze, understand and predict the behavior of the individual water cycle components and their interactions. This title is geared towards improving integrated urban water management by providing guidance on the collection, validation, storage, assessment and utilization of the data.
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Urban Water Conflicts - Unesco-Ihp

by Bernard (Cnrs, Latts - Ecole Nationale Des Ponts Et Chaussees, Marne La Vallee, France) Barraque

254,14€

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 Urban Water Conflicts examines interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and analyzing urban water conflicts manifested in different ways and levels. It addresses economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability, different levels of government in relation to urban water management and includes case studies.
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