Managing Europe's water resources [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-first century challenges / / Chad Staddon
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Staddon Chad
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| Titolo: |
Managing Europe's water resources [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-first century challenges / / Chad Staddon
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| Pubblicazione: | Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.910094 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water-supply - Europe |
| Water resources development - Europe | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Managing Europe's water resources |
| ISBN: | 1-317-10170-7 |
| 1-282-38540-2 | |
| 9786612385407 | |
| 0-7546-9900-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457105903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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