Screen LibraryThe handbook of natural resources. Volume 4, Fresh water and watersheds /
"This volume covers fresh water and watersheds, their health and conservation, protection, and management. Organized for ease of reference, it provides fundamental information on groundwater storage, water quality, supply and balance, and water resource vulnerability. New in this edition are di...
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CRC Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: |
The handbook of natural resources ;
volume 4 |
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| Summary: |
"This volume covers fresh water and watersheds, their health and conservation, protection, and management. Organized for ease of reference, it provides fundamental information on groundwater storage, water quality, supply and balance, and water resource vulnerability. New in this edition are discussions on water footprint assessment, water surface dynamics, and water management on a global scale.: -- |
| Item Description: | Revised edition of: Encyclopedia of natural resources. [2014]. |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138337565 1138337560 |
| Index Number: | QH75 |
| CLC: | F113.3-61 |
| Call Number: | F113.3-61/E564/v.4 |
| Contents: |
Aquifers: Groundwater storage / Aquifers: Recharge / Artificial Reservoirs: Land Cover Change on Local Climate / Endorheic Lake Dynamics: Remote Sensing / Eutrophication / Evaporation: Lakes and Large Bodies of Water / Evaporation and Energy Balance / Field Water Supply and Balance / Hydrologic Cycle / Hydrologic Modeling of Extreme Events / Hydrology: Environmental / Hydrology: Urban / Impervious Surface Area: Effects / Infiltration Systems and Nitrate Removal / Low-Impact Development / Groundwater Contamination / Groundwater: World Resources / Irrigation: River Flow Impact / Land Change and Water Resource Vulnerability / Pesticide Contamination: Groundwater / Pesticide Contamination: Surface Water / Stormwaters: Management / Stormwater: Urban Modeling / Surface Water: Nitrogen Fertilizer Pollution / Transpiration / Transpiration: Water Use Efficiency / Water Deficits: Development / Watershed Hydrology and Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LULCC) / Rain-Use Efficiency: Remote Sensing / Water Management: South Africa -- |