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UNINA9910971656703321 |
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Findikakis Angelos N. |
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Groundwater management practices / / Angelos N. Findikakis, Kuniaki Sato |
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Leiden, The Netherlands : , : CRC Press/Balkema, , 2011 |
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1-136-50160-6 |
0-429-21730-7 |
1-136-50161-4 |
0-203-14378-7 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (438 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Groundwater - Management |
Water-supply - Management |
Water resources development |
Water-supply - Protection |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front Cover; About the IAHR Book Series; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. Highlights and common themes of groundwater management practices around the World; Chapter . 2Groundwater resources management in Japan; Chapter 3. Groundwater management for sustainable water resource sutilization in China; Chapter 4. Groundwater issues and management in the North China Plain; Chapter 5. Groundwater management practices and emerging challenges: Lessons from a case study in the Karnataka State of South India |
Chapter 6.Groundwater management in Kandi region of Jammu Province, Jammu & Kashmir, IndiaChapter 7. Sustainable water resource management in the foothills of the Siwaliks, Northwest India; Chapter 8. Role of groundwater in the Tehran water supply; Chapter 9. Groundwater in Spain: Legal framework and management issues; Chapter 10. Groundwater management in Denmark - protection of natural resources; Chapter 11. Management issues for the Edwards Aquifer,Texas (USA); Chapter 12. Economic benefits of expanded groundwater storage in the Central and West Coast Basins of Southern |
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Chapter 13. Sustainable management of groundwater resources in parts of Arid South AustraliaChapter 14. Groundwater quality management practices; Chapter 15. Protection of groundwater environments; Chapter 16. Impacts of below-ground structures on the groundwater environment and their management; Chapter 17. Geological hazards due to groundwater pumping and/or artificial recharge; Chapter 18. Groundwater-related laws in Japan; Chapter 19. Groundwater-related laws, regulations and standards in China; Chapter 20. The EU groundwater regulatory framework |
Chapter 21. Groundwater legal framework and management practices in the High Plains aquifer, USAChapter 22. UNESCO inventory of transboundary aquifers: managing shared groundwater resources wisely; Color Insert; Back Cover |
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Groundwater is an indispensable resource in many parts of the world, where it supports domestic water supply, irrigated agriculture and industry. Its increased, and often intensive, use during the last half century has created problems and raised concerns regarding the potential depletion of local aquifers, water quality degradation and various geologic hazards such as land subsidence and sinkholes. This volume includes contributions by experts from several countries who describe different groundwater management practices in their part of the world and discuss measures and actions in respon |
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UNINA9910970445003321 |
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Autore |
Vuckovic Brooke Olson |
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Heavenly journeys, earthly concerns : the legacy of the miraj in the formation of Islam / / by Brooke Olson Vuckovic |
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New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
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1-135-88523-0 |
1-135-88524-9 |
1-280-17513-3 |
0-203-48747-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (189 p.) |
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Religion in history, society & culture ; ; 5 |
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Islam - Origin |
Ummah (Islam) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Constructing the Prophet of God: Confirmation and Initiation in the Mi'raj; Chapter Two The Mi'raj and the Early Muslims' Communal and Confessional Identity; Chapter Three Communal Reaction: Trials, Betrayal, and True Belief; Chapter Four The Formation of Communal Morality: The Moral Concerns of the Medieval Elite; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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This book examines how an elite group of traditionists, historians and theologians shaped Muslims' perceptions of their prophet, their community and their behavior by retelling and interpreting the story of Muhammad's ascent to heaven (the mi'raj). |
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