1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457105903321

Autore

Staddon Chad

Titolo

Managing Europe's water resources [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-first century challenges / / Chad Staddon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2010

ISBN

1-317-10170-7

1-282-38540-2

9786612385407

0-7546-9900-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

333.910094

Soggetti

Water-supply - Europe

Water resources development - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Photos and Tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Water and Human Civilisation at the Beginning of the 21st Century; 2 Water Regulation at the Global Level; 3 Managing Water in Europe; 4 Managing Scarce Water Resources: The Qualitative Dimension; 5 Managing Scarce Water Resources: The Quantitative Dimension; 6 Issues in European Water Management 1: Water Utility Privatisation in Europe; 7 Issues in European Water Management 2: Dams; 8 Climate Change, Social Change and Europe's Water Futures; 9 Managing Europe's Water: 21st Century Challenges

Appendix 1 Glossary of Technical TermsAppendix 2 Water Quality Parameters; Appendix 3 Water Quality Exercises; Appendix 4 Analysis of the Water Supply Opportunities for an Industrial Plant; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Illustrated with case studies explaining key concepts and providing practical examples, this book forms a comprehensive introduction to water management issues from a European perspective. Initially detailing the history of water management, the book then puts forward the major frameworks used for managing water, and provides a



synoptic treatment of major water management issues in all 27 EU nations.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002222169707536

Autore

Emery, Michel

Titolo

Lectures on probability theory and statistics [e-book] : ecole d'été de probabilités de Saint-Flour XXVIII-1998 / M. Emery, A. Nemirovski, D. Voiculescu ; editor, Pierre Bernard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer, c2000

ISBN

9783540450290

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 349 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 1738

Classificazione

AMS 62-06

Altri autori (Persone)

Nemirovski, Arkadi

Voiculescu, Dan

Bernard, Pierre

Altri autori (Convegni)

Ecole d'été de probabilités de Saint-Flour <28. ; 1998>

Disciplina

519.2

Soggetti

Mathematics

Global analysis (Mathematics)

Global differential geometry

Distribution (Probability theory)

Mathematical statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia