1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910896186003321

Autore

Muthu Subramanian Senthilkannan

Titolo

Sustainability and Water Footprint : Industry-specific Assessments and Recommendations / / edited by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031708107

3031708105

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Collana

Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes, , 2345-766X

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Sustainability

Water

Hydrology

Industries

Sector and Industry Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction to the Book -- 2 Industrial Grey Water Footprint -- 3 Assessing the Sustainability of Agricultural Water Use Based on Water Footprints of Wheat and Rice Production -- 4 Water Footprint (WFP) in Hydropower Plants Using Observed Meteorological Datasets -- 5 Evaluation of the Water Footprint of the Use and Maintenance of Buildings -- 6 Sustainable Brine Management and Carbon Dioxide Capture.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers background and a variety of cases dealing with the concept of water footprint. The first chapter provides an introduction to the concept of water footprint and how it can be used to evaluate efforts toward sustainability, conservation, and environmental cleanup and remediation. Special focus is given to wastewater treatment from housing and construction, agriculture, and other industries. This book will be useful to academics, professionals, and students who are striving to make industrial use of water and cleanup of byproducts more sustainable. .



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965064403321

Autore

Vivian R. Gwinn

Titolo

Chaco Canyon / / R. Gwinn Vivian and Margaret Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-19-028658-X

1-280-60327-5

1-4237-7481-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (47 p. ) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;

Collana

Digging for the Past

Digging for the past

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonMargaret J <1931-> (Margaret Jean)

Disciplina

978.9/2

978.92

Soggetti

Chaco culture - New Mexico - Chaco Canyon

Cliff-dwellings - New Mexico - Chaco Canyon

Excavations (Archaeology) - New Mexico - Chaco Canyon

Pueblo Indians - Antiquities

Indians of North America - New Mexico - Antiquities

Cliff dwellings - New Mexico - Chaco Canyon

Juvenile works.

Chaco Canyon (N.M.) Antiquities Juvenile literature

Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.) Juvenile literature

Chaco Canyon (N.M.) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.

Nota di contenuto

House with 800 rooms -- Clues in the floors, walls, and rafters -- Population puzzle -- Mysterious superhighways -- Interview with R. Gwinn Vivian -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Chaco Canyon and related sites -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Relates the nineteenth-century discovery of cliff dwellings in the Chaco Canyon of northwest New Mexico, the excavations of the ancient ruins, and what the artifacts reveal about the civilization of the ancient Pueblo Indians.