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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Measurement of environmental parameters affecting marine plankton physiology -- Chapter 2 Plankton culture techniques -- Chapter 3 Determination of Key Enzymes involved in primary productivity -- Chapter 4 Analyses of pigments -- Chapter 5 Measurements and analyses of photosynthesis and respiration -- Chapter 6 Chlorophyll fluorescence techniques and applications -- Chapter 7 Biochemical and molecular methods -- Chapter 8 Research methods for animal and virus.

Description / Table of Contents: History of freshwater red algae; taxonomic diversity and phylogeny; biogeographic trends; how to collect freshwater red algae; scope and organization of this book -- Subphylum Cyanidiophytina: Class Cyanidiophyceae; Subphylum Proteorhodophytina: Classes Compsopogonophyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae and Stylonematophyceae -- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Classes Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Subclasses Corallinophycidae, Hildenbrandiophycidae and Rhodymeniophycidae) -- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Orders Acrochaetiales, Balbianiales and Thoreales -- Subphylum Eurhodophytina: Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Order Batrachospermales.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Historical Perspectives -- Vertebrates of Upper Mesopotamia: Present Evidence and Archaeological Data -- Fishing Gears and Methods: A Comparison of Ancient Mesopotamia and Other Ancient Worlds -- Ichthyological Characteristics Available in the Fish Images Existed in the Art of the Ancient Mesopotamia -- The Effectiveness of Ancient Mesopotamian Medical Practices: The Example of šūšu-Licorice -- Part II. The Abiotic Aspects of the Tigris–Euphrates River System -- Management of Water Resources Using Storage Reservoirs -- Estimation of Irrigated Agricultural Area and Water Consumption in Iraq -- The Nature of Tigris–Euphrates Rivers Flow: Current Status and Future Prospective -- Streamflow Alteration Impacts with Particular Reference to the Lower Zab River, Tributary of the Tigris River -- Ecohydrology in Iraq: Challenges and its Future Pathways -- Oil Pollution in the Shatt Al-Arab River and its Estuary 1980–2018 -- Pesticides in the Waters, Sediments, and Biota of the Shatt Al-Arab River for the Period 1980–2017 -- Surface Water Salinity of the Euphrates, Tigris, and Shatt al-Arab Rivers -- Renewable Energy for Water–Energy Nexus in Euphrates and Tigris River Basin: A Literature Review -- Impacts of Dams on Aquatic Biodiversity, Fisheries, Fishes and Their Environment: Problems that Could Be Present in Iraq with Recommendations -- Water, Politics and Dams in the Mesopotamia Basin of the Northern Middle East: How Turkey Instrumentalises the South-Eastern Anatolia Project for Political, Military and Strategic Interests -- Dams and their Impacts on Fishes in Iran -- Part III. The Biotic Aspects of the Tigris–Euphrates River System -- Preliminary Review of the Aquatic Biodiversity in Al-Kahla River, Missan Province, Iraq -- Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in Iraq: Importance, Threats, Status, and Conservation Challenges -- Effect of Climate Changes on the Freshwater Biodiversity in the Mesopotamian Plain: Recommendations for Avoidance and Plans for the Future -- River Corridors as a Refuge for Freshwater Biodiversity: Basic Information and Recommendations to the Policymakers for Possible Implications in Iraq -- Biodiversity of Fungi in Aquatic Environment of Iraq -- Potability of Drinking Water in Basra-Iraq -- Algal Studies in Iraqi Inland Waters. A Review -- The Distribution of Epilitic Diatoms in the Turkish Part of the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin -- Plant Biodiversity in Shatt Al-Arab Estuary and Ecological Variations -- Medicinal Plants of Shatt al-Arab River and Adjacent Area -- The Role of Plants as a Canopy in the Inland Waters: Basic Information for Application in Iraq -- The Zooplankton Fauna of the Turkish Part of the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin -- Kinds and Distribution of Icthyoplankton in Shatt Al-Arab River -- Rotifer Diversity in Iranian Waters: A Review -- Biodiversity of the Freshwater Amphipods in Iran -- The Freshwater Molluscs of the Mesopotamian Plain -- Freshwater Annelida of Iraq -- A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages -- Fish Fauna of Shatt al-Arab River, Basrah, Iraq: A More than Quarter a Century of Changes -- The Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio: Effect on the Environment and the Indigenous Fish Species in Iraq -- The Good and the Bad in Releasing the Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Freshwater System: Recommendations for the Policymakers in Iraq -- The Avifauna of Tigris and Euphrates River Basin -- The Feasible Approaches to Assist Migratory Birds Visiting the Southern Reaches of Mesopotamia -- A Proposal for Establishing Bird Observatory Centre in the South of Iraq -- The Potential Role of Waterbirds as a Vector in Dispersing Invertebrates and Plants in the South of Iraq -- The Wild Mammals of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Basin -- The Amphibians and Reptiles of Euphrates and Tigris Basin -- A Preliminary Pictorial Guide to the Herpetofauna of Tigris and Euphrates River Basin -- Policy Guidance for Sustainable Aquaculture in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- How Possible to Use the Desert Area in Iraq for Aquaculture Industry: Basic Facts and Recommondations -- Aquaculture Industry in Iraq: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives -- Towards an Improved Tilapia Farming in Iraq: Recommendations for Future Application -- Information and Recommendations of Aquaculture Stress and its Source in Hatcheries: The Iraqi Aquaculture Industry Investors -- Exotic and Invasive Freshwater Fishes in the Tigris-Euphrates River System -- Part IV. Water Resources -- The Ecology and Modelling of the Freshwater Ecosystems in Iran -- Enhancing Rural Women’s Participation in Fisheries in Iraq -- The Impact of Destructive Fishing Gear on the Fish Biodiversity in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- Evaluating Variations in Fisheries by Means of Fishers’ Information: Suggested Methodology to Improve Small-Scale Fisheries in Rivers in Iraq -- A Possibility to Apply a Traditional Fisheries Enforcement Programme in the Inland Waters of Iraq -- Market-Resource Relations and Fish Seller Livelihood as Seen in Inland Waters of Iraq -- The Potential Impact of Deformities in Fishes upon Aquatic Production: Case of Iraq -- The Impact of some Social Taboos on Fisheries in Iraq -- Inland Water Fishes and Fisheries in Iran -- The Possibility of Introducing an Inland Fisheries Education in Iraq -- The Marine and Diadromous Fisheries of Iraq -- Part V. Stress of the Environment of the Two Rivers -- Fish Deformities in the Freshwater Fishes of Iraq: A Short Review and a Study Case on the Indian Catfish Heteropneustes fossilis -- The Phenomenon of Fluctuating Asymmetry: As Fish Welfare Indicator Represented by Case Study from the Freshwater Fishes of Iraq -- The Studies on Sediments Pollution by Different Types of Metals in Turkey -- Macroplastic and Microplastic in the Freshwater Environment of Southern Iraq: Evidences Obtained from Freshwater Fish Species -- Heavy Metals in Freshwater Invertebrates of Iran: A Review on the Bioaccumulation and Effects -- Fish Parasites of Tigris and Euphrates River Systems -- The Parasites of Fishes of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers: Iraq and Turkey -- Ornamental Fishes: A Looming Danger for Inland Fish Diversity of Iraq -- Part VI. The Health of the Human Community Inhabiting Freshwater Zones -- Aquatic Snails as a Vector of Diseases to the Human in Iran -- Death by Drowning in Rivers in Iraq -- The Dangerous Catfish Species in the Freshwater System of Iraq: First Time Reports on Cases of Envenomation -- Fish Species of the Order Cypriniformes as a Source of Ichthyootoxin and Ichthyogallotoxin in Iraq: Cases Reports -- First Reports on Cases of Hallucinatory Fish Poisoning (Ichthyoallyeinotoxism) and Scombrotoxic Fish Poisoning in Iraq -- Part. VII. Conservation -- Freshwater Management and Conservation in Iran: Past, Present, and Future -- The Need of Biodiversity Conservation Strategies in Iraq: The State of Protected Areas -- Benthic Macroinvertebrates of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Turkey -- Freshwater Ecosystem Conservation in Iraq: Recommendations for Management -- Utilising Phenotypic Difference to Regulate Protection Value: A Scheme for Application of a Novel Approach to the Inland Water of Iraq -- Hatchery-Reared Fish Stocks Released into the Wild: A Conservation Problem as Seen in a Case Study from Iraq -- Part VIII. Social Perspectives -- Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? An Appraisal of the Four Decades of Turkey’s Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) -- Part IX. Food Security -- How Possible to Build Rice–Fish Farming in Iraq in order to Support Food Security Plan: Positive and the Negative Aspects -- The Importance of Non-commercial and Small-Sized Fish Species: A Proposal for an Additional Revenue to Iraq -- Sociocultural Aspects Influence Food Consumption Habits in Iraq: Management of Food Security -- A Preliminary Investigation of Determinants of Food Security in Rural Areas of Basrah Province, Iraq.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Introduction to Appalachian Coalfield Landscape and Resources -- Appalachian coalfield landscapes, ecosystems, and economy -- Geology and mineral resources -- Coal Mining and Reclamation in Appalachia -- Part 2: Land -- Landscape Alteration -- Mine soils -- Hydrology -- Terrestrial plant communities -- Terrestrial wildlife -- Management options for mining-affected landscapes -- Underground mining -- Part 3: Water -- Acid drainage: Origins, effects, and treatment -- Other water contaminants -- Aquatic biota and response to mining -- Part 4: Human Ecology of Appalachian Mined Landscapes -- Cultural & Economic issues -- Human Health -- Concluding Chapter: Synthesis.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. A Brief Resumé of the Geology of Iceland -- Chapter2. The Marine Realm Around Iceland - a Review of Biological Research -- Chapter3. The Evolution of the Tjörnes Sedimentary Basin in Relation to the Tjörnes Fracture Zone and the Geological Structure of Iceland -- Chapter4. A Review of the Research History of the Tjörnes Sequence, North Iceland -- Chapter5. Lithostratigraphy of the Tjörnes Sequence in Barmur and Höskuldsvík on the West Coast of Tjörnes, North Iceland -- Chapter6. An Age Model for the Miocene to Pleistocene Tjörnes Sequence, North Iceland -- Chapter7. Systematic Overview of the Pliocene Molluscs and Barnacles of the Barmur Group on Tjörnes, North Iceland -- Chapter8. Foraminifera in the Pliocene Barmur Group on Tjörnes, North Iceland -- Chapter9. Reconstructing the Palaeoenvironments of the Pliocene Barmur Group in the Tjörnes Basin, North Iceland -- Lithostratigraphy of the Upper Part of the Tjörnes Sequence in Furuvík, Breiðavík, Öxarfjörður, and Central Tjörnes Mountains, North Iceland -- Systematic Overview of the Molluscs and Barnacles of the Quaternary Breiðavík Group, North Iceland -- Chapter12. Foraminifera in the Early Pleistocene Part of the Breiðavík Group, North Iceland Knudsen -- Chapter13. Reconstructing the Palaeoenvironments of the Quaternary Tjörnes Basin, North Iceland -- Chapter14. Migration of Pacific Marine Mollusc Fauna into the North Atlantic Across the Arctic Ocean in Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Time.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Mangrove Systems Facing Enclosures, Markets and Social Inequality -- Chapter 2. Early History of Mangrove Management in Giao Lạc -- Chapter 3. Socialism, Cooperatives and Mangrove Management in Giao Lạc (1954-1985) -- Chapter 4. Impacts of Economic Renovation on Households and Coastal Ecosystems -- Chapter 5. Social Differentiation under Đổi mới Reforms -- Chapter 6. Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Groundwater and Society: Applications of Geospatial Technology (Pravat Kumar Shit, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Partha Pratim Adhikary, Ch. Jyotiprava Dash) -- Part I: Groundwater resources and societal development -- Chapter 2. Groundwater and Society in India: Challenging Issues and Adaptive Strategies (Subrata Jana) -- Chapter 3. Groundwater Research and Societal Development: Integration with Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit, Partha Pratim Adhikary and Debashish Sengupta) -- Chapter 4. Geospatial and Geophysical Approaches for Assessment of Groundwater Resources in an Alluvial Aquifer of India (Partha Pratim Adhikary, S.K.Dubey, Debashis Chakraborty, Ch. Jyotiprava Dash) -- Chapter 5. Groundwater and Space Technology: Issues and challenges (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit, Harsha Das Gupta, Partha Pratim Adhikary) -- Part II: Groundwater availability, quality and pollution -- Chapter 6. Groundwater Quality through Multi-criteria based GIS Analysis: Village Level Assessment (Baisakhi Chakraborty, Sambhunath Roy, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Debashish Sengupta, Pravat Kumar Shit) -- Chapter 7. GIS-based Fuzzy-AHP Approach for Assessment of Groundwater Potential Zones of an Urban Agglomeration (Suraj Kumar Mallick, Somnath Rudra) -- Chapter 8. Assessment of Groundwater Availability in Gumani River Basin, India using Geoinformatics and Analytical Hierarchy Process (Sadik Mahammad, Aznarul Islam) -- Chapter 9. Application of AHP for Groundwater Potential Zones Mapping in Plateau Fringe Terrain: Study from Western Province of West Bengal (Manas Karmakar, Monali Banerjee, Mrinal Mandal, Debasis Ghosh) -- Chapter 10. Performance of Frequency Ratio Approach for Mapping of Groundwater Prospect Areas in an Area of Mixed Topography (Subhas Garai, Pulakesh Das) -- Chapter 11. Artificial Neural Network for Identification of Groundwater Potential Zones in part of Hugli District, West Bengal, India (Chalantika Laha Salui and Shashank Yadav) -- Chapter 12. Multi-criteria Analysis for Groundwater Quality Assessment: A Study in Paschim Barddhaman District of West Bengal, India (Payel Das, Niladri Das) -- Chapter 13. Performance of WQI and HPI for Groundwater Quality Assessment: Study from Sangramgarh Colliery of West Burdwan District, West Bengal, India (Tanushree Paul, Manas Nath) -- Chapter 14. Assessment of Groundwater Quality interaction using One-decade Data: Case Study from a Hard Rock Area (S. Satheeshkumar, S. Venkateswaran, T. Maheshwari) -- Chapter 15. Fluoride Dynamics in Precambrian Hard Rock Terrain of North Singbhum Craton and Effect of Fluorosis on Human Health and Society (Biswajit Bera, Sumana Bhattacharjee, Meelan Chamling, Arijit Ghosh, Nairita Sengupta, Supriya Ghosh) -- Chapter 16. Coastal Aquifer Vulnerability for Saltwater Intrusion: A Case Study of Chennai Coast Using GALDIT Model and Geoinformatics (Debabrata Ghorai, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pravat Kumar Shit) -- Part III: Sustainable Groundwater resources management -- Chapter 17. Watershed Development Impact on Natural Resources: Groundwater and Surface Water Utilization (Partha Pratim Adhikary, M. Madhu, P. Jakhar, B.S. Naik, H.C. Hombegowda, D. Barman, G.B. Naik, Ch. J. Dash) -- Chapter 18. Long-term Groundwater Behaviour over an Agriculturally Developed State of North-West India: Trend and Impact on Agriculture (Omvir Singh, Amrita Kasana, Pankaj Bhardwaj) -- Chapter 19. Spatial Appraisals of Groundwater Recharge Potential Zone Identification using Remote Sensing and GIS (Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Pranab Kumar Maity, Pravat Kumar Shit) -- Chapter 20. Spatial Mapping of Groundwater Depth to Prioritize the Areas under Water Stress in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh, India (Ch. Jyotiprava Dash, PP Adhikary, Uday Mandal) -- Chapter 21. Exploring Vulnerability of Groundwater using AHP and GIS Techniques: A Study in Cooch Behar District, West Bengal, India (Dipankar Saha, Debasish Talukdar, Ujjal Senapati, Tapan Kumar Das) -- Chapter 22. Applicability of Geospatial Technology, Weight of Evidence and Multilayer Perceptron for Groundwater Management: A Geoscientific Study on Birbhum District, West Bengal, India (Niladri Das, Subhasish Sutradhar, Ranajit Ghosh, Prolay Mondal) -- Chapter 23. Water resources management in semi-arid Purulia District of West Bengal, in the context of sustainable development goals (Amit Bera, Shubhamita Das).

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction. Reclaiming and rewilding river cities for outdoor recreation -- Cities and their waterways -- With rivers to the sea: Ecological restoration of rivers and estuaries and nature-based activities -- Behind good ecological status, the quest to reconquer water territories -- Planning and designing facilities that enhance rivers and encourage the development of tourist and recreational spaces: urban promenades -- Outdoor leisure activities at odds with the city. Arcachon Bay and the Massif des Calanques -- “On the conquest of wild nature” ... but what is meant by ‘nature’? -- The Darsena di Milano (Italy): ‘restoration’ of an urban artificial aquatic environment between citizens' hopes and municipal projects -- Grenoble, the river city facing the mountains (End 19th century-1930s) -- The role and significance of the recreational reconquest of port spaces: Rouen (France), reinvention at the neck of the estuary -- Recreational Activities, Economic and Territorial Development: Caen (France) in the Reconquest of its River? -- Bordeaux’s playful and sporty maritime life: a revolution of venues and activities.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Pakistan’s Water Resources: Overview and Challenges -- Chapter 2 Pakistan’s Water Resources: From Retrospect to Prospect -- Chapter 3 Pakistan’s Transboundary Water Challenge -- Chapter 4 Water Security in Pakistan: Availability, Accessibility and Utilisation -- Chapter 5 Climate Change in the Mountains of Pakistan and its Water Availability Implications -- Chapter 6 Pakistan’s Water Resources in the Era of Climate Change -- Chapter 7 Unlocking Economic Growth Under a Changing Climate: Agricultural Water Reforms in Pakistan -- Chapter 8 Sustainability Analysis of Irrigation Water Management in Punjab -- Chapter 9 Examining Irrigated Agriculture in Pakistan with a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach -- Chapter 10 Groundwater Crisis: a Crisis of Governance? -- Chapter 11 Spatial Variability of Groundwater Storage in Pakistan -- Chapter 12 Impacts of Water Quality on Human Health in Pakistan -- Chapter 13 Improving Water Management in Pakistan using Social-Ecological Systems Research -- Chapter 14 A Roadmap for a Comprehensive Water Resources Forecast System for Pakistan -- Chapter 15 Ways Forward to Improve Water Security in Pakistan.

Description / Table of Contents: Trend analyses of seasonal mean temperature Series pertaining to Tapi river basin, using monthly data -- . Dry and wet spell characterization of Naini river basin, western Maharashtra, India -- Assessment of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirement in Tandula Command of Chhattisgarh (India) -- Impact of climate change on hydrological regime of Narmada river basin -- Climate change impacts on water resource in Ethiopia -- Spatio-temporal trend analysis of long term IMD gridded precipitation in Godavari river basin, India -- Forecasting reference evapotranspiration using artificial neural network for Nagpur Region -- Assessment of extremes using time varying downscaling model -- Assessment of impact of land use land cover and climate change on quality of river using water quality index -- Assessment of tail behavior of probability distributions of daily precipitation data over India -- Probabilistic prediction of monthly streamflow using graphical modeling approach. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Literature Review -- Research Methodology -- Shoreline Variations And Hydrodynamic Conditions Around Rameswaram Island -- Beach Morphology And Hydrodynamic Conditions Along Dhanushkodi -- Oscillation Of Tip And Hydrodynamic Conditions Around Arichamunai -- Summary And Conclusions.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Terminology -- Theory -- Sefficiency -- Sequity -- Applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Physical settings and water challenges -- Chapter 2. Water resources management framework -- Chapter 3. Water resources management institutions -- Chapter 4. River basin management -- Chapter 5. Water resources allocation and regulation -- Chapter 6. Water rights system -- Chapter 7. Water pricing -- Chapter 8. Groundwater management -- Chapter 9 Water quality management -- Chapter 10. Recycled water use management -- Chapter 11. The strictest water resources management strategy and three redlines -- Chapter 12 River and lake leadership system -- Chapter 13. Water resources asset management -- Chapter 14. Water resources allocation and regulation in Yellow River basin -- Chapter 15. Agricultural water management in northern China -- Chapter 16 Integrated urban and rural water affair management reform: Shanghai and Beijing -- Chapter 17 -- Environmental flow definition and management: a case study of Jiaojiang River -- Chapter 18. Climate change and water resources -- Chapter 19 Conclusions and outlook.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Feeding Behavioural Studies with Freshwater Gammarus spp.: The Importance of a Standardised Methodology -- 2. Environmental Sorption Behavior of Ionic and Ionizable Organic Chemicals -- 3. Ecotoxicology of Heavy Metal(loid)-Enriched Particulate Matter: Foliar Accumulation by Plants and Health Impacts -- 4. Role of Biofilms in Contaminant Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer in Aquatic Ecosystems: Current State of Knowledge and Future Challenges -- 5. Surface Properties and Environmental Transformations Controlling the Bioaccumulation and Toxicity of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: A Critical Review -- 6. Correction to: Feeding Behavioural Studies with Freshwater Gammarus spp.: The Importance of a Standardised Methodology.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1.Climate Change Impact on Life and Livelihoods in Bangladesh -- Chapter 2. Climate change impact on the reduction of forest in Bangladesh -- Chapter3. Climate change impacts on the coastal zones of Bangladesh -- Chapter4. Mitigation strategies of Coastal People to Climate Change and Vulnerabilities -- Chapter5. Climate Change Impact on Groundwater Based Irrigation in Bangladesh -- Chapter6. Climate Smart Resilience for Vulnerable Communities in Bangladesh.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Groundwater flow and transport -- Hydro-mechanical coupling -- Earthquakes influenced by water -- Response to tides, barometric pressure and seismic waves -- Groundwater Level -- Stream Flow -- Groundwater Temperature -- Groundwater and Stream Composition -- Geysers -- Liquefaction -- Mud Volcanoes -- Hydrologic precursors -- Epilogue.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1 Emerging Contaminants: Remediation -- Chapter 2 Electrochemical Treatments for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants -- Chapter 3 Technologies to Remove Selenium From Water and Wastewater -- Chapter 4 Advanced Treatments for the Removal of Alkylphenols and Alkylphenol Polyethoxylates from Wastewater -- Index.

Description / Table of Contents: - Role of Watershed Management in Inclusive Development of a region: A Case Study of Velchal Watershed, Telangana -- Rainwater Harvesting Systems as Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Tool for Drought and Flood Prone Areas of Sri Lanka -- Empowering poor farmers for climate smart water management and agriculture production: Lessons from Andhra Pradesh -- Watershed Prioritisation in GIS : a comparison of multiple approaches -- Efficiency Assessment of Sewage Treatment Plants For Treating Waste Water: Case Study of Narela Sewage Treatment Plantsin Delhi, India -- The Hierarchical Segregation of Groundwater Potential Zones Using Weighted Index Overlay Method for the Discernment of Site Suitable Artificial Recharge Structures in the Development of Avunoor Watershed -- Delineation of Ground Water Potential Zones on Lower and Middle Beas Basin Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System -- Spatial distribution of reactive nitrogen in Najafgarh Lake and adjoining Canal, Delhi -- Effect of pollution on the sediment bacterial diversity and composition in Najafgarh lake, Delhi -- Spatial distribution of uranium and its associated water quality parameters (drinking / ground water) in Raigad district of Maharashtra -- Water Stress and Water Crisis in Large Cities of India -- Status of River Water Quality in Goa: A Geographical Review -- Association and Effects of ISMR and El Niño Southern Oscillation on Dengue outbreaks in India -- Assessment of Carbon Sequestration and Tree Diversity in Gokarna Forest, Kathmandu, Nepal -- Geospatial Analysis to understand the linkage between Urban Sprawl and Temperature of a Region – Micro and Meso Scale Study of Mumbai City -- Climate change Mitigation measures in Telangana state, India -- Examining Land Surface Temperature From Agglomerative Spectra Using Hyperspectral Dataset -- Assessment Of Agricultural Drought Vulnerability In Tamil Nadu -- Impact of Climate Change on Oil and Gas Sector -- Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Climate Change in Belgaum District, Karnataka -- Status of drinking water sustainability using GIS in Rangareddy- A case study -- Cultural landscapes of Kakatiyas and Mission Kakatiya scheme under Government of Telangana -- Collection and Quantification of Leaf Litter from Urban Street Plantation: A Case Study on South-West Delhi, India -- Enablers of Sustainable Development Of Randullabad Watershed In Satara District Of Maharashtra State, India -- Futuristic Urbanism of Eco-Sensitive Zone of India: A Case study of Kolkata Region -- Water Governance for Sustainable Development Role of Community Participation, Opportunities and Challenges -- Settlement Development Of Indigenous People in The Context Of Coastal Area Development In Kozhikode -- Rural Governance in Water and Sanitation Management: Empirical Observations and Policy Approach. .

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1: Introduction: If a jellyfish stings you, there is a reason -- Chapter2: Man and the sea -- Chapter3: The war against the sea -- Chapter4: Understanding overshoot -- Chapter5: The blue economy -- Chapter6: Conclusion: The horror that came to Sarnath.

Description / Table of Contents: Dedication -- Citations -- Foreword by Felix D. Dakora -- Foreword by Daniel Nyanganyura -- Preface -- Acknowledgement to Peer Reviewers -- Authors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Water Resource Management within the Climate Change Context in Africa: Synthesis, Key Findings and Future Challenges -- Chapter 2: Africa-wide trends in development and water resources through a climate change lens -- Chapter 3: Water Resource Availability and Quality in the North Africa Region under Climate Change -- Chapter 4: Climate Change and Water Resources in West Africa: A Case Study of Ivory Coast, Benin, Burkina Faso and Senegal -- Chapter 5: Climate change impact on hydrological regimes and extreme events in southern Africa -- Chapter 6: Historic climatic variability and change: the importance of managing Holocene and Late Pleistocene groundwater in the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa -- Chapter 7: A framework for IWRM in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for the Senegal River Delta -- Chapter 8: Cumulative Impacts of Climate Change Variability around the Goronyo Dam in the Iullemmeden Basin, Northwest Nigeria -- Chapter 9: Lentic-Lotic Water System Response to Anthropogenic and Climatic Factors in Kenya and their Sustainable Management -- Chapter 10: Hydrology and climate impacts on streamflow and sediment yield in the Nyando River Basin, Kenya -- Chapter 11: Saharan agriculture in the Algerian oasis: limited adaptation to environmental, social and economic changes -- Chapter 12: Water management policy for freshwater security in the context of climate change in Senegal -- Chapter 13: Assessment of Hydrological Impacts of Climate Change on the Diarha Watershed -- Chapter 14: Water resources in the Sahel and adaptation of agriculture to climate change: Burkina Faso -- Chapter 15: Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Volta River Basin: reducing vulnerability and enhancing livelihoods and sustainable development -- Chapter 16: Potential Transboundary Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under Climate Change and Variability -- Chapter 17: Strengthening flood and drought risk management tools for the Lake Chad basin -- Chapter 18: Developing a Framework for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in South Africa -- Chapter 19:Mainstreaming Climate Change into Transboundary River Basins: a SADC Regional Case Study -- Chapter 20: Does the use of local knowledge in complex systems reduce vulnerability to climate change? Insights from nexus water management in the Niger basin -- Chapter 21: Proposed research, science, technology and innovation to address current and future challenges of climate change and water resource management in Africa -- Index. .

Description / Table of Contents: A View from New York -- Current and future human exposure to high atmospheric temperatures in the Algarve, Portugal -- Impacts and policy recommendations -- Neuroscience-based urban design for mentally healthy cities -- The Role of Money for a Healthy Economy -- Mobility and COVID-19: Time for a mobility paradigm shift -- Planning Models for Small Towns in Tanzania -- Coping with Extreme Circumstances through Community-Led Local Nature Interventions: A Science-based Policy Analysis.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. General Characteristics of Geography Of Mongolia -- 2. Historical Geography: Administrative Division and Research in Physical Geography of Mongolia -- 3. The Relief And Geomorphological Characteristics of Mongolia -- 4. Climate and Climate Change of Mongolia -- 5. Hydrography of Mongolia -- 6. Glacier of Mongolia -- 7. Permafrost in Mongolia -- 8. Soil of Mongolia -- 9. Biogeographical Characteristics of Mongolia -- 10. Division of the Physiographic and Natural Regions in Mongolia -- 11. Land Use and Nature Conservation in Mongolia.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Ship ballast water management system -- Working Principle of ballast water management system -- The key components of the system and the working principle of the unit -- Design method of key components -- Optimization of key components -- Development of control system for ballast water management system -- Maintenance and management of ballast water management system -- Implementation of ballast water management system on ships.

Description / Table of Contents: Uncertainties in Urbanizing World and Nature-based resilience building -- Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in the Hindu Kush Himalayas: Status, progress and challenges -- Evaluation of Ecosystem based approaches for disaster and climate risk resilience and policy perspectives in Pakistan -- Ecosystem-based approaches and policy perspectives in Nepal -- Ecosystem-based approaches and policy perspective from India -- Ecosystem-based approaches and policy perspectives: Towards integrated blue-green solutions in Vietnam -- Turning blue, green and gray: opportunities for blue-green infrastructure in the Philippines -- Making resilience a reality: The contribution of Peri-urban ecosystem services (BGI) to Urban resilience -- Innovations to Reduce Disaster Risks of Water Challenges -- Future heat risk in South Asia and the need for ecosystem mitigation -- Urban Risk Assessment Tools and Techniques for Ecosystem-based Solutions, India -- Scaling-up Nature based Solutions for mainstreaming urban resilience in Indian cities -- Incorporation of BIM based modeling in sustainable development of green building from stakeholders’ perspective -- Planning for Climate Change Adaptation: Comprehensive Approach for Smart Urban Areas Management -- Path towards sustainable water management: A case study of Shimla, India -- Application of Remote Sensing Image in ECO-DRR for Dehradun City -- Ecosystem-based approaches for water stress management- lessons from Nagpur Metropolitan Area, India -- Challenges in decision-making for building resilience to climate risks -- A “Greener” alternative: The Sri Lankan experience of Eco-DRR -- the Watarase retarding basin—a historical example of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in Japan -- Self-efficacy for EbA and human health in a post-disaster recovery phase -- Freshwater biomonitoring: an ecosystem-based approach (EbA) for building climate resilience communities in Fiji -- Forward Looking Lens to Mainstream Blue-Green Infrastructure.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Water Pollution and Water Quality Assessment, Environmental Flows -- 2. Water Treatment Technologies and Management -- 3. Climate Change and Climate Variability -- 4. Water and Human Health Issues -- 5. Conclusions. .

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Introduction to the concepts and use of Era Acute -- Environmental Risk Management Applications of Era Acute -- An Era Acute Model Overview -- Testing and Validating against Historic Spills -- Handling uncertainty and Sensitivity of Era Acute towards input Parameters -- Supplementary Information 1.

Description / Table of Contents: Changjiang River basin Overview -- Hydrological Processes of the Changjiang River -- Lake hydro-morphodynamic Processes of the Changjiang River -- Channel sediment-dynamics along the mid-lower reach of the Changjiang River -- Tidal flat morphodynamics of the Changjiang Estuary -- Changjiang Estuary modern morphodynamic processes -- Estuarine submerged delta modern morphodynamics -- Morphodynamic couplings between river and delta.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Nature and Origin of Salts, Classification, Area and Distribution of Salt-affected Soils -- Chapter 2. Saline Soils -- Chapter 3. Management and Reclamation of Saline Soils -- Chapter 4. Biodrainage -- Chapter 5. Alkali Soils -- Chapter 6. Reclamation and Management of Alkali Soils for Crop Production -- Chapter 7. Nutrient Management in Salt-affected Soils -- Chapter 8. Irrigation Water: Quality Criteria -- Chapter 9. Irrigation and Salinity Control -- Chapter 10. Wastewaters as Non-conventional Sources of Irrigation -- Chapter 11. Trees and Grasses as Alternate Strategies for Management of Salt-affected Soils -- Chapter 12. Environmental Impact of Reclamation of Salt-affected Soils and Intensive Irrigated Agriculture.

Description / Table of Contents: Metalliferous Mining Pollution and Its Impact on Terrestrial and Semi-terrestrial Vertebrates: A Review -- Fluorotelomer Alcohols’ Toxicology Correlates with Oxidative Stress and Metabolism -- Perchlorate Contamination: Sources, Effects and Technologies for Remediation -- Sources of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (ARB) and Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in the Soil: A Review of the Spreading Mechanism and Human Health Risks -- An Overview of Morpho-Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Responses of Sorghum Towards Heavy Metal Stress -- Water and Soil Pollution: Ecological Environmental Study Methodologies Useful for Public Health Projects. A Literature Review.

Description / Table of Contents: Microplastic in the Food Chain – Food Safety and Environmental Aspects -- Toxicity of Graphene: An Update -- Multi-level Gene Expression in Response to Environmental Stress in Aquatic Invertebrate Chironomids: Potential Applications in Water Quality Monitoring -- Role of Structural Morphology of Commodity Polymers in Microplastic and Nanoplastics Formation: Fragmentation, Effects, and Associated Toxicity in the Aquatic Environment -- Prioritization of Pesticides for Assessment of Risk to Aquatic Ecosystems in Canada and Identification of Knowledge Gaps.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Governance: Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 2. Bruce Mitchell: Professional Career and Contributions -- Chapter 3. Early and Modern Paradigms in Natural Resource Management: Global and Indian Experiences -- Chapter 4. Approaching the Collaborative ‘Turn’ in Water Governance: A Critical Re-Appraisal -- Chapter 5. Disaster Risk Governance and Management: An Asian Perspective -- Chapter 6. Reshaping Natural Resource Management in China -- Chapter 7. Regional Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Decision-Making in India: Methods and Implications -- Chapter 8. Rethinking Resettlement as a Development Opportunity: Need for Good Practices -- Chapter 9. Will the Water Revolution be Decentralized? Investigating the ‘Downscale’ and ‘Upscale’ Challenges of Urban Rainwater Harvesting -- Chapter 10. Rethinking Capacity Building in Water Governance: Factors Influencing Risk Interpretation and Decision-Making in Delhi -- Chapter 11. Regional Environmental Governance: An Analytical Framework for Conservation of Natural Resource Area -- Chapter 12. Groundwater Sustainability in Haryana: Challenges to Governance -- Chapter 13. Wetland Resources in the Brahmaputra Valley, Assam: Characteristics, Use and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 14. Impact of Physical Factors on Transboundary Water Management and Governance in the Kosi Basin -- Chapter 15. Governance and Management of Teesta River Water Resources: A Geopolitical Appraisal -- Chapter 16. Governance Issues for Sustainable Water Management in Rapti River Basin, Uttar Pradesh -- Chapter 17. Social Transformation, Ecosystem Services and Resource Sustainability in Nepal Hills -- Chapter 18. Determinants of Land Use Dynamics and its Ecological Implications in India: A State Level Analysis -- Chapter 19. Land Use Change and its Impact on Ecosystem Services: Food, Livelihood, and Health Security in Kumaon Himalayas -- Chapter 20. Impact of Land Use Change on Livelihood Options: A Case Study of Upper Pasolgad Watershed, Uttarakhand -- Chapter 21. Rural Livelihood and Women: Glimpses from An Indian Tribal Village -- Chapter 22. Land Degradation and Agricultural Sustainability in Kendujhar District, Odisha -- Chapter 23. Diversification of Agriculture through Medicinal Plants in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh -- Chapter 24. Recent Sanitation Challenges and Policy Options in Developing Countries -- Chapter 25. Solid Waste Management for Environmental Sustainability in India -- Chapter 26. Social Impact Assessment of Indian Water and Allied Policies and Programs -- Chapter 27. Challenges and Opportunities towards Management of Solid Wastes in Indian Cities: Beyond the Rhetoric of Convenience -- Chapter 28. Natural Resource Evaluation for Ecotourism and Geotourism Destination in Hong Kong -- Chapter 29. Climate Change Knowledge: Comparison of People and Scientists Perception in Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh -- Chapter 30. Climate Change Modeling for Ecosystem Services: A Method for Sustainable Development in Western Himalayan District -- Chapter 31. Urban Sustainability and Governance in Delhi Metropolitan Region -- Chapter 32. Investigating the Variability in Sanitation and Sustainability Issues: Evidence from Resettlement Colonies of Delhi -- Chapter 33. Water Governance in Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala: Existing Practices and Alternative Paradigms -- Chapter 34. Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha: People’s Attitude Towards its Conservation -- Chapter 35. Socio-Economic Development in Highway Corridor Zone of Bihar: A Case Study of Kuchai Kot-Muzaffarpur Section -- Chapter 36. Sustainable Resource Governance: Lessons for the Future.

Description / Table of Contents: 1 Preface -- 2 Hydrological approach for evaluation of soil and water degradation processes as related to climate change and biodiversity losses -- 3 Prediction of soil salinization and sodification processes as affected by groundwater under different climate and management conditions -- 4 Landscape features as conditions for vegetation and crop growth. Physiological aspects of plants response to salinity, alkalinity and shallow water-table -- 5 The classical fact in water insecurity: groundwater; the need to recognize the importance of its presence -- 6 Groundwater and its role in maintaining the ecological functions of ecosystems; advances in holistic approaches in studies on the interaction vegetation-groundwater flows -- 7 Groundwater flows in Bajos Submeridionales of Santa Fe wetlands as part of the Chaqueña plain (Argentina) and their use for livestock production -- 8 Geochemical feature of intermediate flow discharging in Paraná river system, Argentina -- 9 Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater and its interaction with other components of the environment in Mexico -- 10 Landscape functioning as a basis for defining its sustainable intervention: soils and groundwater flows. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction to “Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt: Dakhla Oasis” (Abdelazim M. Negm) -- Chapter 2. The Egyptian Western Desert: Water, Agriculture and the Culture of Oases Communities (Soheer Hussen Ibrahem Mohammed) -- Part II: Geology, Geomorphology, Archaeology and Climate -- Chapter 3. The Geology of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (El-Sayed Zaghloul) -- Chapter 4. Geomorphology of Dakhla Depression (Atef Moatamed A. Mohamed) -- Chapter 5. Archaeological Sites in Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (El-Sayed Abbas Zaghloul) -- Chapter 6. Climate Features of Dakhla Oasis (Reiji Kimura) -- Part III: Land use, soil and Cultivation -- Chapter 7. Aeolian Sand Transport Potential and its Environmental Impact in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt (Abbas M. Sharaky) -- Chapter 8. Soil Conditions of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (Abdelaziz Belal) -- Chapter 9. Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use / Land Cover Change Detection in Dakhla Oasis (Adel Shalaby) -- Chapter 10. Crop Diversification and its Efficiency in Rashda Village, Dakhla Oasis (Erina Iwasaki) -- Part IV: Hydrological Aspects and Water Resources. Chapter 11. Hydrologeological and Hydrological Conditions of Dakhla Oasis (Salwa F. Elbeih) -- Chapter 12. History of Wells in Rashda Village (Erina Iwasaki) -- Chapter 13. Development of Land Use and Groundwater in Rashda Village (Dakhla Oasis), 1960s-2018 (Erina Iwasaki) -- Chapter 14. Detecting and Controlling the Water Logging in El-Dakhla Basin (El-Sayed E. Omran) -- Chapter 15. Hydrogeophysical Investigations Using DC Resistivity Survey to Assess the Water Potentialities of the Shallow Aquifer Zone in East of Dakhla Oasis, Egypt (Khaled S. Gemail) -- Part V: Conclusions -- Chapter 16. Update, Conclusions, and Recommendations of “Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt” (Erina Iwasaki).

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 01 Photocatalytic Remediation of Organic Pollutants in Waste -- Chapter 02 Carbon Nitride/Metal Oxide Hybrids for Visible Light Harvesting and Water Remediation -- Chapter 03 Metal and Carbon Quantum Dots Photocatalysts for Water Purification -- Chapter 04 Photocatalytic Degradation of Azo Dyes in Water -- Chapter 05 Sonochemical Treatment of Textile Wastewater -- Chapter 06 Degradation Mechanism of Pollutants using Sono-Hybrid Advanced Oxidation Processes -- Chapter 07 Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Bacterial Disinfection -- Chapter 08 Role of Membranes in Wastewater Treatment -- Chapter 09 Nanomaterials for the Photoremediation of Pollutants -- Chapter 10 Bismuth-Based Compounds as Visible Light Photocatalyst for Remediation and Water Splitting -- Chapter 11 Solar Photocatalytic Treatment of Tannery Effluents -- Chapter 12 Functionalized Ionic Liquids for fhe Photodegradation of Dyes -- Chapter 13 Photocatalytic Degradation of Chlorophenols and Antibiotics from Wastewater.

Description / Table of Contents: Karstic And Pseudokarstic Terrains -- Karstification And Morphology -- Conceptual Models Of Karst Aquifers -- Hydrograph Analysis -- Time Series Analysis -- Mathematical Models -- Quality Of Karst Waters._ Surveys And Exploitation Of Karst Waters -- References.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 : Introduction -- Chapter 2: Interpretive Framework and Methodology -- Chapter 3: The English Inshore Fleet -- Chapter 4: Perceptions of Vulnerability in the English SSF -- Chapter 5: Strategies of Resilience in the English SSF -- Chapter 6: Discussion of the Resilience Strategies -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Synthesis of activated carbons for heavy metals removal -- Chapter 2 Polymer absorbents for heavy metal removal -- Chapter 3 Metal oxyhydroxides composites for halogens and metalloids removal -- Chapter 4 Montmorillonite clay composite For heavy metal removal from water -- Chapter 5 Cellulose-based adsorbents for heavy metal removal -- Chapter 6 Recovery of heavy metals by membrane adsorbers -- Chapter 7 Metal hexacyanoferrate absorbents for heavy metal removal -- Chapter 8 Agriculture waste absorbents for heavy metal removal -- Chapter 9 Biosorption of metal ions present in industrial wastewater -- Chapter 10 Heavy metal removal by low cost adsorbents -- Chapter 11 Characteristics and adsorptive treatment of wastewaters containing dyes -- Chapter 12 Application of adsorption methods for boron uptake -- Chapter 13 Waste fruit cortexes for the removal of heavy metals from water -- Chapter 14 Biomass-based absorbents for heavy metal removal -- Chapter 15 Remediation of dyes from industrial wastewater using low-cost adsorbents -- Chapter 16 Hybrid adsorbents for dye removal from wastewater.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Application of Geospatial Techniques for Monitoring the Cryospheric Elements of Glacier System in Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) -- 2. Snowmelt Runoff Forecasting in Himalayan Basins using Remote Sensing Inputs -- 3. Understanding Climate Change and its Impacts with Special Reference to India -- 4. Snow, Glacier and Glacier Lake Mapping and Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data -- 5. Remote Sensing Based Assessment of Glacier Resources in Parts of Ladakh Mountain Range, A Trans-Himalayan Region -- 6. Geodetic Mass Balance Estimation for Bada Shigri Glacier and Samudra Tapu Glacier in Chandra basin -- 7. Analysis of Snow Dynamics in Beas River Basin, Western Himalaya Using Combined Terra-Aqua MODIS Improved Snow Product and In-Situ Data during 21st Century -- 8. Inventory of Moraine Dammed Lakes in Satluj, Ravi, Chenab, and Beas Basins using IRS- LISS III Satellite Data in the Western Himalayan Region of Himachal Pradesh, India -- 9. Late Quaternary Glacial Geomorphology of Kashmir Valley, NW Himalayas: A Case Study of the Sind Basin -- 10. Snow Cover and Land Surface Temperature Assessment of Mana Basin Using MODIS Satellite Data -- 11. Seasonal ground water fluctuation monitoring using GRACE satellite technology over Punjab and Haryana during 2005 – 2015 -- 12. Importance of regulating transboundary aquifers in the world with special reference to Indian subcontinent: A review -- 13. Chemical Weathering in Jhelum River and its Tributaries, Kashmir Basin, Western Himalaya -- 14. Groundwater Storage Assessment Using Effective Downscaling Grace Data in Water-Stressed Regions of India -- 15. Water quality of Himalayan Rivers in Uttarakhand -- 16. Study of Solute Sources and hydrochemical Analysis of Meltwater Draining from the Gangotri Glacier, Garhwal Himalaya, India -- 17. Geochemical Characterization and Evolution of Groundwater in Parts of Kashmir Valley, Western Himalaya -- 18. Delineation of Groundwater Potential Recharge Zone Using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques – A Case Study of Rampur Tehsil, Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh India -- 19. Geospatial Approach for Water Quality Index Mapping for Drinking Purpose in Guna District, Madhya Pradesh, India, Madhya Pradesh, India -- 20. Application of Environmental Isotopes and Hydrogeochemistry in Groundwater Management – A Case Study of Bringi Watershed, Kashmir Himalayas, India.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Drought tolerance in some field crops -- Drought tolerance in some field crops -- Performance and genetic diversity in water stress tolerance and relation to wheat productivity under rural regions -- Heat stress tolerance, challenges and proposed solutions -- Environmental pollution tolerance in crop plants -- Performance, adaptability and stability of promising bread wheat lines across different environments.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Climate Risks for Irrigation, Water Supply and Sanitation in India: Overview and Synthesis -- Chapter 2. Climate Variability and Its Implications for Water Management in India -- Chapter 3. Water Management Challenges of Climate Extremes: A Case Study of Adaptive Strategies and Management Options -- Chapter 4. Managing Climate-Induced Water Risks: A Case Study of Institutional Alternatives -- Chapter 5. Planning for Water Resources Management under Climatic Extremes: The Case Study of a Hyper-arid Region -- Chapter 6. Planning of Rural Water Supply Systems: Role of Climatic Factors and Other Considerations -- Chapter 7. A Framework for Assessing Climate-induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene -- Chapter 8. Mapping Climate-Induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in Maharashtra -- Chapter 9. Predictions of Disease Spikes induced by Climate Variability: A Pilot Real Time Forecasting Model Project from Maharashtra, India -- Chapter 10. Mapping Climate-Induced Risk for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in Rajasthan -- Chapter 11. Action Plans for Building Climate-Resilient Water Supply and Sanitation Systems: Results from Case Studies -- Chapter 12. Managing Climate-Induced Water Stress across the Agro-ecological Regions of India: Options and Strategies. Chapter 13. Conclusions and Areas for Future Research.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Green and ecological infrastructure and water security at municipal level: An overview -- Chapter 2. Paradigms, theories and their utility -- Chapter 3. The PULSE3 analytical framework -- Chapter 4. eThekwini’s green and ecological infrastructure policy landscape.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Offshore Wind Energy -- Chapter 3. Research Progress of Offshore Wind Energy -- Chapter 4. Characteristics of Global Offshore Wind Energy -- Chapter 5. Climate Characteristics of Wind Energy in the Maritime Silk Road -- Chapter 6. Long Term Trend of Wind Energy in the Maritime Silk Road -- Chapter 7. Wind Energy Evaluation Around the Sri Lanka Waters -- Chapter 8. Future Focus of Wind Energy Evaluation.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Catalysing groundwater governance -- Sustainable urban water management strategies -- Estimating efficiency of public investments in irrigation -- Tackling water quality issues -- Wetlands and water management: Finding common ground -- Data usage for development, management of water resources -- Whither federal governance for India’s long-term water security?

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: General on ocean literacy -- Ocean literacy: background, future drivers and opportunities -- Ocean literacy – From a ripple to wave -- A framework for the assessment of the effectiveness of ocean literacy initiatives -- Exploring and exploiting deep ocean, space -- Ocean literacy – In the context of naming of seas. Case study: The sea between Korea and Japan -- Part II: Education -- Design-based implementation research for exploring the ocean. A geographical perspective -- Innovative education strategies to advance ocean literacy -- Education under sail: Could sail training be the quintessential alternative education space for ocean Literacy?- Part III: Applications -- The importance of Ocean literacy in the Mediterranean Region - Steps towards blue sustainability.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction to Karst and Geology of Croatia -- The Dinaric karst system in Croatia -- Underground karst morphology (speleology) -- Caves in Croatia - Caves in the central part of Dinaric karst -- Caverns found and explored during construction work in the Dinaric Karst of Croatia -- Caverns found and explored during construction of road tunnels in Istria and the Gorski kotar region -- Caverns found and explored during the construction of road tunnels in Lika and Dalmatia regions and the city of Rijeka -- Caverns found and explored during the construction of bridges, viaducts, roads and railroads -- Caverns found and explored during the construction of airports and in quarries -- Particularly interesting and rare occurrences in caves of the Dinaric Karst in Croatia -- Cave speleometry in the Dinaric Karst of Croatia -- Research Methods -- International activity of speleologists from Croatia -- .

Description / Table of Contents: Cryosphere and Cryospheric Science -- Classification and geographical distribution of cryosphere -- Formation and development of cryosphere -- Physical properties of the cryosphere -- Chemical characteristics of the cryosphere -- Climatic and environmental record in cryosphere -- Cryospheric evolutions at different time-scales -- Interactions between cryosphere and other spheres -- Cryospheric changes and sustainable development -- Cryosphere model and cryosphere change projection -- Field observations and experiments for cryospheric science.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1, Introduction -- Chapter 2. Water Supply in Cape Town -- Chapter 3. Reconciliation strategy -- Chapter 4. Politics, trust and governance -- Chapter 5. The Drought -- Chapter 6. Reliance on rainfall, climate variability and climate change -- Chapter 7. The Water Resilience Programme -- Chapter 8. The New Water Programme -- Chapter 9. NWP: Managing dam levels -- Chapter 10. NWP: Managing Demand -- Chapter 11. NWP: Augmentation -- Chapter 12. Lessons learnt -- Chapter 13. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introducing Sustainability in the Maritime Domain -- Chapter2. Greening the Blue Economy: A Trans-disciplinary Analysis -- Chapter3. Regional Marine Spatial Planning: A Tool For Greening Blue Economy In The Bay Of Bengal -- Chapter4. Green Ports and Sustainable Shipping in the European context -- Chapter5. Maritime Transport and Sustainable Fisheries: Breaking the Silos -- Chapter6. Maritime Security: Adapting for Mid-century Challenges -- Chapter7. ISPS Code implementation: overkill and off-target -- Chapter8. Port and Maritime Security and Sustainability -- Chapter9. Governance of international sea borders: regional approaches and sustainable solutions for maritime surveillance in the Mediterranean Sea -- Chapter10. The applicability of the international and regional efforts to prevent oil pollution: comparative analysis between the Arabian Gulf Region and the North Sea -- Chapter11. Autonomous operations, digital technologies and implications for Maritime Education and Training -- Chapter12. Synergies Between the Obligations and Measures to Reduce Vessel-Source Underwater Noise and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Chapter13. Sustainable Maritime Labour Governance: The Role of Transformative Partnership in Seafarers' Welfare -- Chapter14. Underwater noise from shipping – a special case for the Arctic -- Chapter15. Canadian Ports Sustainability: A Strategic Response to Disruptive Paradigms such as COVID-19 -- Chapter16. Lessons Learned from Robotics & AI in a Liability Context: A Sustainability Perspective -- Chapter17. The role of slow steaming in shipping and methods of CO2 reduction -- Chapter18. Maritime Governance & Small Island Developing States of the Wider Caribbean Region in the Era of Climate Change Adaptation -- Chapter19. Mind the gap: Women in the boardroom, on board and in the port -- Chapter20. Maritime Governance and International Maritime Organization instruments focused on sustainability in the light of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter21. Putting the Pieces Together for Sustainable Shipping -- Chapter22. Conclusions: Connecting Sustainable Development Goals to the Maritime Domain. .

Description / Table of Contents: Review on Health Impacts from Domestic Coal Burning: Emphasis on Endemic Fluorosis in Guizhou Province, Southwest China -- Dissipation, Fate and Toxicity of Crop Protection Chemical Safeners in Aquatic Environments -- Do Endemic Soil Fauna Species Deserve Extra Protection for Adverse Heavy Metal Conditions -- Aflatoxin M1 in Africa: Exposure Assessment, Regulations and Prevention Strategies – A Review -- In Vivo and in Vitro Toxicity Testing of Cyanobacterial Toxins: A Mini-review -- Comprehensive Review of Cadmium Toxicity Mechanisms in Male Reproduction and Therapeutic Strategies -- Micronuclei in Fish Erythrocytes as Genotoxic Biomarkers of Water Pollution: An Overview.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial Era: A Look into the Historical Depths of the Nile Waters: What to Learn from History -- 3. Global Perspectives and Regional Lessons: The Nile River and The Prospects of The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam -- 4. Beyond GERD: Hydropolitical, Hydrological, Technological and Investment (HHTI) Imperatives for Sustained Economic Cooperation -- 5. Water Resources Account of Egypt vs Ethiopia's Nile Sub-basins: The Utility of the Concept of Water Budget -- 6. Geographical Dimensions of Hydro-politics: The Case of Nile and Mekong Rivers.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Regional context and maritime governance -- Chapter 3: Alboran Sea area climate and weather -- Chapter 4: The Oceanographic and climatic context -- Chapter 5: A Geological history for the Alboran Sea region -- Chapter 6: Seafloor morphology and processes in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 7: The biogeochemical context of marine planktonic ecosystems -- Chapter 8: Seaweeds and seagrasses: the marine forests from the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 9: Benthic fauna of littoral and deep-sea habitats of the Alboran Sea: A hotspot of biodiversity -- Chapter 10: Invertebrates: the realm of diversity -- Chapter 11: Biogeographical and Macroecological context of the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 12: Biophysical processes determining the connectivity of the Alboran Sea fish populations -- Chapter 13: Evolving from fry fisheries to early life research on pelagic fish resources -- Chapter 14: Description of artisanal fisheries in northern Alboran Sea -- Chapter 15: Description of artisanal fisheries in southern Alboran Sea -- Chapter 16: Small pelagic resources: A historic perspective and current state of the resources -- Chapter 17: North Atlantic Oscillation effect on the biology and fisheries of tunas species in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 18: Demersal Resources -- Chapter 19: The Blackspot seabream fishery in the Strait of Gibraltar: lessons and future perspectives of shared marine resource -- Chapter 20: Aquaculture in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 21: Marine megafauna and charismatic vertebrate species -- Chapter 22: Fisheries economics and management under the impact of Human and varying marine environmental conditions in the Alboran Sea -- Chapter 23: A historical approach to living resources on the Spanish coasts from Alboran Sea between the 16th and 20th centuries -- Chapter 24: Sustainable development and Blue growth in the Alboran Sea: enabling ocean health and ecosystem services through ocean science and equitable governance -- Chapter 25: Marine Protected Areas and Key Biodiversity Areas of the Alboran Sea and adjacent areas.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction and Guide to the Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples -- Water a unique phenomenon and resource -- Water and its Management: Dependence, Linkages and Challenges -- A drop in the ocean: on writing histories of water resource management -- Water Ethics -- Water law and rights -- Water discourses -- The water security discourse and its main actors -- Water governance and policies -- Economics of water security -- Drivers, pressures and stressors: the societal framework of water resources management -- Water resources management: integrated and adaptive decision making -- Observation, monitoring and data management -- Assessment of water quantity -- Assessment of land/catchment use and degradation -- Freshwaters: global distribution, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and human pressures -- Water, energy and food relations in Gulf Cooperation Council -- Examples of water resources management options -- Examples of water and land use management -- Water and energy -- Water management and stewardship in mining regions -- Water-related hazard and risk management -- Groundwater and conjunctive use management -- Storage Reservoir Operation and Management -- Complexity in water management and governance.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Water – Safety, Security and Sustainability -- 2. Globalization and Water -- 3. New thoughts on Security Studies – Traditional and non-traditional Security concepts -- 4. Overview of Threats and Risks – Critical infrastructure -- 5. Water Management – Futuristic Scenarios -- 6. Nanomaterials And Their Role In Removing Contaminants From Wastewater - A Critical Review -- 7. Polymeric Nanocomposite Membranes For Water Filtration -- 8. Electrospun Nanomaterials: Applications In Water Remediation -- 9. Water Treatment By Green Coagulants - Nature At Rescue -- 10. Application Of System Approach And System Standards In Water Safety Plans Development And Implementation.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Water Security Assessment for the Red – Thai Binh River Basin, Vietnam -- Contextualizing Farmers’ Perceptions of Agricultural Wastewater Reuse in Areas of Water Shortage and Contamination: An In-depth Case Study of Wadi Al-Far`a Watershed – Palestine -- Optimize Anaerobic Degradation Processes in Agricultural Wastewater Treatment to maximize Biogas Productivity -- Evaluation of Wastewater Treatment using Dilution in Rosetta Branch and Tala Drain, Nile Delta, Egypt -- Upcoming Challenges of Water Reclamation fromUnconventional Sources -- How Membrane Bioreactor Technology Can Help to Solve both, German and RussianWastewater Problems -- Experiences on Wastewater Treatment and Reuse for Different Types of Industries -- Social Characteristics and Adaptation to Water Scarcity: The Case of Groundnut Farmers in the Lawra and Nandom Districts, Ghana -- Temporal Climate Variability and Staple Cereals in Southern Burkina Faso.

Description / Table of Contents: Integrated Water Resources Management of Thatipudi Command Area -- Streamflow health and variability analysis of Roanoke River, USA -- Enhancing water use efficiency through micro irrigation -- Hydrological modelling to study the impacts of climate and LULC change at basin scale: A review -- Reservoir Operation of Dharoi Dam: Fuzzy logic Approach -- Water Resource Management for Coal based Thermal Power Plant -- Estimation of Trap Efficiency And Useful Life of a Reservoir -- Evaluation of reservoir sedimentation using satellite data -- Hydraulic design of service nd emergency gates- A case study -- Regionalisation of watersheds using fuzzy c means clustering algorithm in west flowing rivers of Kerala.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Emergence of Water Resilience: an introduction -- Part II: Examining water systems through the lens of resilience -- Chapter 2. Water Policy and Governance in Transition: The EU Water Framework Directive -- Chapter 3. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)—California’s Prescription for Common Challenges of Groundwater Governance -- Chapter 4. Water Policy Reform for Sustainable Development in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Insights from Resilience Thinking -- Chapter 5. Reducing Nutrient Loading from Agriculture to Lake Ecosystems – Contributions of Resilience Principles -- Chapter 6. Reconfiguring water governance for resilient social-ecological systems in South America -- Part III: Exploring the conceptual boundaries and bridges of water resilience -- Chapter 7. Capacities for watershed resilience: persistence, adaptation, and transformation -- Chapter 8. Adaptive Governance in North American Water Systems: a legal perspective on resilience and reconciliation -- Chapter 9. Cross-scale Governance for Urban Water Resilience in Bengaluru and Cape Town -- Chapter 10. Facing Change: Understanding Transitions of River Basin Policies Over Time -- Chapter 11. Conditions and Cautions for Transforming Ocean Governance -- Chapter 12. Extraordinary governance to avoid extraordinary events. Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 13. Charting a course for management and governance dimensions of water resilience.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- Chapter 1: Country profile -- Chapter 2: Climate and Weather in Chile -- Chapter 3: Precipitation, temperature and evaporation -- Chapter 4: Surface Water Resources -- Chapter 5: Groundwater resources -- Chapter 6: Snow cover and glaciers -- Chapter 7: Extreme Events, floods -- Chapter 8: Extreme Events, droughts -- Chapter 9: Catchment-Scale Natural Water Balance in Chile -- Chapter 10: Water Quality -- Chapter 11: River Basin Policy and Management -- Chapter 12: Agricultural Uses -- Chapter 13: Domestic uses of Water -- Chapter 14: Mining and Industrial Uses -- Chapter 15: Hydroelectric Uses -- Chapter 16: The Chilean forest sector and its relationship with water resources -- Chapter 17: Environmental and recreational uses -- Chapter 18: Economics of water resources -- Chapter 19: Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources -- Chapter 20: Impacts of Urbanization and Land Use Change over Water Resources -- Chapter 21: Water Resources Research in Chile -- Chapter 22: Challenges for the future.

Description / Table of Contents: About this book -- Understanding Cambodia -- Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority -- Four Domain (4-D) Framework for analysis of urban water utility -- Analysis of PPWSA -- Gap analysis of four domains -- Views of the customers -- Key challenges facing PPWSA -- Lessons learnt for developing countries -- A Management Tool Kit for Chief Executives.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Relational value as an argument to protect geological and hydrogeologic goods -- 2. Ethical and moral issues relative to groundwater -- 3. Some basic considerations on the applied ethics to water resources management -- 4. The precautionary principle and groundwater -- 5. Geoethics for operating in the human niche -- 6. Cross-cutting role of groundwater in achieving the SDGs and an ethical approach -- 7. Inclusion of indigenous communities in water resources management in the Middle West of Brazil: a proposal -- 8. Ganga river: a paradox of purity and pollution in India due to unethical practice -- 9. Evaluating public opinion on groundwater extraction from public comment submissions and Google Trends -- 10. Public perceptions and attitudes towards groundwater and climate change. The case of the Barbate river basin. .

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. Principle consept on "Eco-management"of tropical peatland -- Chapter 1. Basic Information about Tropical Peatland Ecosystem -- Chapter 2. Principles of Eco-management in a Large-scale Ecosystem of Tropical Peatland -- Part 2. Innovative Eco-management of Tropical Peatland: Water and Carbon Management -- Chapter 3. Large-Scale Practice on Tropical Peatland Eco-management -- Chapter 4. The Eco-management practice of tropical peatlands forestry -- Chapter 5. Evaluation of Eco-management of Tropical Peatlands -- Chapter 6. Natural Capital Based Society in Tropics -- Part 3. Innovative Eco-management of tropical peatland:AeroHydoro culture -- Chapter 7. Principle of AeroHydro Culture -- Chapter 8. The Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi for Supporting AeroHydro Culture in Tropical Peatland -- Chapter 9. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Composts Material for AeroHydro Culture -- Chapter 10. Zeolite and Aggregate-Stabilizing Microbes for Reduction of Degradation and Carbon Emission of Tropical Peatland -- Chapter 11. Biochar for Improvement the Quality of Sub Optimal Land -- Chapter 12. Sago palm prctices as natural aerohydro cultre -- Part 4. Comprehensive management of tropical peatland -- Chapter 13. Management Practice and Restoration of Peat Swamp Forest in Katingan Mentaya, Indonesia -- Chapter 14. Tropical peatland restoration in Indonesia by replanting with useful indigenous peat swamp species: paludiculture -- Chapter 15. Climate-responsible management of tropical peatlands: the need for integrated MRV for tropical peatland ecosystem -- Chapter 16. Circularity and Singularity of Tropical Peat Swamp Forest Ecosystem -- Chapter 17. Sago Palm in Peatland -- Chapter 18. Role of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Tropical Peatland Management -- Part 5. Hydrogical management of tropical peatland -- Chapter 19. Principles of Hydrological Management of Tropical Peatland -- Chapter 20. Hydrological Management Practices -- Chapter 21. Peatland Restoration in Central Kalimantan by Rewetting and Rehabilitation with Shorea balangeran -- Chapter 22. The effect of fire and rewetting on groundwater level in tropical peatland -- Part 6. Community-based managemen of tropical peatland -- Chapter 23. Land Tenure of Peatland: Source of Insecurity and Degradation, in Riau of Sumatra, Indonesia -- Chapter 24. Sustainable peatland management focusing on community based rehabilitation in Malaysia -- Chapter 25. Case Study on Community-Based Water Management in Tropical Peatland -- Part 7. Tropical peatland management in each country -- Chapter 26. National Strategies on Responsible Management of Tropical Peatland in Malaysia -- Chapter 27. Sustainable National Management of Peatland in Thailand -- Chapter 28. Show Windows and Lessons Learned from Peatland Restoration in Indonesia -- Chapter 29. Management of Peatland in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam. .

Description / Table of Contents: Water Quality Challenges in Ganga River Basin, India -- Sequential Characterization of Contaminant Plumes using feedback information -- Evaluation of groundwater quality using Multivariate analysis: Rae Bareli District, Ganga Basin, Uttar Pradesh -- A Supervising Grid Model for Identification of Groundwater Pollute -- Study of Methods available for Groundwater and Surfacewater Interaction: A case study on Varanasi, India -- Augmentation of Drinking Water Supply by River Bank Filtration -- River Discharge Study in River Ganga, Varanasi Using Conventional and Modern Techniques -- Review on the Field Applications of River Training Structures for River Bank Protection -- Comparison of conceptual and distributed hydrological Models for runoff Estimation in a River Basin -- Monthly variation in near surface air temperature lapse rate across Ganga Basin, India -- Identification of relationship between precipitation and atmospheric oscillations in Upper Ganga basin -- Utilizing stream networks for regional flood frequency analysis -- Plotting Positions for the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution: A Critique -- Application of Machine Learning Techniques for Clustering of Rainfall Time Series Over Ganges River Basin.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Global and Lake Victoria’s Water Resources -- Chapter 1. Global Freshwater Resources -- Chapter 2. Lake Victoria’s Water Resources -- Chapter 3. Challenges: Sustainaility & Obsolete Treaties -- Chapter 4. Lake Level: Dam Operations versus Droughts -- Part 2: Remote Sensing Techniques -- Chapter 5. Satellite Remote Sensing -- 6. GNSS Reflectometry and Applications.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1 Metal Oxides as Decontaminants of Water and Wastewater -- Chapter 2 Photo-Assisted Antimicrobial Activity of Transition Metal Oxides -- Chapter 3 Metal and Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for Wastewater Decontamination -- Chapter 4 MoS2 based nanocomposites for treatment of industrial effluents -- Chapter 5 Removal of Priority Water Pollutants Using Adsorption and Oxidation Process Combined with Sustainable Energy Production -- Chapter 6 Metal oxides for removal of arsenic contaminants from water -- Chapter 7 Earth Abundant Materials for Environmental Remediation and Commercialization -- Chapter 8 Arsenic Contamination: Sources, Chemistry and Remediation Strategies -- Chapter 9 Mycoremediation: An elimination of metal and nonmetal inclusions from polluted soil -- Chapter 10 Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes in Wastewater Using Metal Organic Frameworks.

Description / Table of Contents: Academic Contributions of Prof. R. B. Singh -- Water Science and Sustainability: An Introduction -- The Acceleration Of The Extractivism In The Global Market And The Mudslide In The City Of Mariana (2015): The Human Rights and Brazilian Legislation Perspectives -- Water Use and Management in the Thirthar Valley Basin in Iraq -- Forecast changes in runoff for the Neman River basin -- Integrated Water Resources Management in Southern Africa Two Decades after the Dublin Conference: The Zimbabwean Experience -- Environment and Use of Water with Reference to Kolkata Drainage, West Bengal, India -- Physical Environmental Impact Assessment of Flood: A Case Of Lower Darakeswar-Mundeswari Interfluve In West Bengal -- Quantitative Study of the Relationship between Regional Development and Water Resource Protection-Core Area of Three Gorges Reservoir Area As An Example -- System-Analytical Modeling Of Water Quality for Mountain River Runoff -- River Basin Councils: Evidence from Russia -- Development of The Approach For the Complex Prediction of Spring Flood -- Water Resources Of Madhya Pradesh: Contemporary Issues and Challenges -- Heavy Metal, Oil and Grease Pollution of Water and Sediments in Estuarine Lagoons in Sri Lanka: A Case Study In Negombo Estuarine Lagoon -- Flood Simulation Modelling And Disaster Risk Reduction Of West Tripura District, Tripura, North-East India -- Changing Rainfall Patterns and Their Linkage to Floods in Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin, India: Implications for Water Resource Management -- Impacts of Beach Placer Mineral Mining in The Shallow Coastal Aquifers Of Southern Tamil Nadu Coast, India -- Industrial Operation of the Biological Early Warning System Bio Argus for Water Quality Control Using Crayfish -- Accepting the Fate: A Study on Water Induced Disaster Affected People Living in Slums -- Water Resource Management through Ecological Restoration in Garhwal Himalaya -- Using structure from motion (SfM) technique for the characterisation of riverine systems – case study in the headwaters of the Volga River -- Change Of Erosive Activity In The Context Of Change Of The Climate -- Assessment of groundwater response and soil moisture fluctuations in the Mugello basin.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Enhancing Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security within a Changing Climate -- Chapter 2. Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Sector of Pakistan: Status, Consequences, and Adoption Options -- Chapter 3. Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Security in Tunisia: Challenges, Existing Policies, and Way Forward -- Chapter 4. Food Security in the MENA Region: Does Agriculture Performance Matter? -- Chapter 5. Emerging Threats to Food Security in Nigeria: Way Forward -- Chapter 6. Food Security in Morocco: Risk Factors and Governance -- Chapter 7. Climate Change and Agricultural Policy for Realizing Food Security in Morocco -- Chapter 8. Livestock and Food Security under Climate Change Scenario in Pakistan -- Chapter 9. Water Scarcity Threats to National Food Security of Pakistan – Issues, Implications, and Way Forward -- Chapter 10. Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Food Security in Egypt and Possible Adaptive Measures – A Review -- Chapter 11. The Combined Impact of Climate Change and the Use of Solar Energy on the Water Consumption in Agriculture: A Case Study from Souss Massa Region -- Chapter 12. Mathematical Model for Estimating Optimal Water Resources in Irrigation Problems -- Chapter 13. Readiness of Entrepreneurs towards Group Performance Development of OTOP Product: A Case Study in North-Eastern Thailand.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Ice Hydrometeors in Atmospheric Clouds -- Observed fall attitudes of ice hydrometeors -- Physics and mathematics of the theoretical problems -- Flow fields and fall attitudes of ice hydrometeors -- Ventilation effects of falling ice hydrometeors and their impacts -- Summary and outlook.

Description / Table of Contents: Modelling and Simulation -- Optimization -- Big data and Databases -- Data mining -- Remote sensing -- Geographical information system -- System dynamics -- Agent-based models -- Game theory -- Conflicts resolution -- Multi-objective optimization -- Multicriteria and multi-attribute decision -- making -- Risk, uncertainty, and reliability.

Description / Table of Contents: Stratified / rotating fluid dynamics of the atmosphere.– Ocean -- Development of the equations -- Basic and perturbed states -- Quasi-Geostrophic theory -- Internal waves -- Two-layer model -- Convection -- Boundary layers in stratified fluids -- Jets and buoyant plumes -- Diffusion and transport processes -- Equations for diffusion processes -- Simple models of turbulent diffusion and transport -- Shear flow dispersion -- Transport of suspended sediments -- Estuarine transport -- Simple ecosystem models -- Introduction -- Dynamics of ecosystems -- Ecosystem models.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1 1 Physicochemical and hydrodynamic aspects of soil -- 2 Fundamental of electrokinetic processes -- 3 Fundamental of Reactive and Thermal Processes in Electrochemically Assisted Soil Remediation -- 4 Conceptual and mathematical modeling of the transport of pollutants in soil by electric fields -- Part 2 5 Treatment of soil washing solutions by electrochemical advanced oxidation 6 Electrokinetic soil flushing -- 7 Electrokinetic remediation of soil polluted with inorganic ionic species -- 8 Fenton processes for the remediation of polluted soil -- 9 Coupling of anodic oxidation and soil remediation processes -- 10 Persulfate in the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated by organic compounds -- 11 Electro-phytoremediation of Cropland and Mine-tailings Polluted by Mercury using IrO2-Ta2O5½Ti electrodes, Lavandula vera and Solanum tuberosum -- 12 Electro-bioremediation of polluted soil -- 13 The Soil and Groundwater Remediation with Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles -- 14 Adsorption and ion exchange permeable reactive barriers -- 15 Electrochemically-Assisted Thermal-Based Technologies for Soil Remediation -- 16 Electrochemically assisted dewatering -- Part 3 17 Fundamentals of the scale-up of the electrochemically assisted soil remediation processes -- 18 Electrochemical Technologies for Petroleum Contaminated Soils -- 19 Treatment of gaseous effluents produced during electrochemically assisted soil remediation processes -- 20 Solar-powered electrokinetic remediation for treatment to soil polluted with organic compounds -- 21 Electrokinetic Processes-Directions for Future Research and Constraints.

Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Adsorption -- Chapter 2 Methods of Synthesis of Magnetic Adsorbents -- Chapter 3 Magnetic Biosorbents and their Application in Water Remediation -- Chapter 4 Lignocellulosic Wastes as Precursor of carbonaceous magnetic adsorbents of organic and inorganic pollutants adsorption -- Chapter 5 Magnetic Biochar Fibers for Copper Removal -- Chapter 6 Treatment of Landfill Leachate with Magnetic Adsorbents -- Chapter 7 Removal of Emerging Pollutants and Toxic Metals using Magnetic Adsorbents -- Chapter 8 Magnetically Modified Biological Materials for Dyes Removal -- Chapter 9 Regeneration of magnetic adsorbents saturated by organic pollutants using advanced oxidation technologies -- Chapter 10 Magnetic Nanofibers for Contaminants Removal from Water -- Chapter 11 Magnetic solid phase-based sorbents for isolation/pre-concentration and removal of pesticides -- Chapter 12 Characterization and application of Fe-magnetic materials and nanomaterials for application in the aqueous matrices decontamination -- Chapter 13 Advanced Magnetic Adsorbents Prepared from Emulsion Template for Water Treatment -- Chapter 14 Chitosan Based Magnetic Adsorbents -- Chapter 15 Methods used for performance enhancement of iron based magnetic adsorbents in water systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Natural zeolites for sea water desalination -- Desalination Using Electrodialysis -- Membrane fouling in desalination -- Zeolite Membranes for Desalination -- Integrating desalination systems -- Reverse Osmosis Desalination -- Desalination by Membrane Distillation -- Nuclear Desalination -- Desalination battery -- Carbon nanotubes composite membrane for water desalination -- Integrated Desalination Systems Coupled With Nuclear Reactors -- Carbon based materials for desalination -- Microbial Desalination -- Graphene composite membrane for water desalination -- Renewable energy assisted desalination.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Mathematical Background -- Data Preprocessing -- Neural Network -- Training a Neural Network -- Updating Weights -- Improving model performance -- Advanced Neural Network Algorithms -- Deep learning for time series -- Deep learning for spatial datasets -- Tensorflow and Keras Programming for Deep Learning -- Hydrometeorological Applications of deep learning -- Environmental Applications of deep learning.

Description / Table of Contents: Assessment Of Water Resources In Poland -- Development and Protection of Water Resources in Protected Areas in Poland in Pursuit of Sustainable Developmen.– Anthropogenic Water Reservoirs in Poland -- Irrigation and Drainage in Polish Agriculture – State, Problems and Needs -- Assessment of the Surface Water Quality in Poland -- Water Quality in Main Water Reservoirs in Poland -- Assessment of Pollution of Water Resources and Process of Pollution Spreading -- ngression and Ascension of Saline Waters on the Polish Coast of the Baltic Sea -- Monitoring of Groundwater Quality in Poland -- Sediment Management in River Basins - an Essential Element of River Basin Management Plans -- Environmental and Anthropogenic Determinants of Water Chemistry in the Carpathians -- Surface Water Eutrophication in Poland: Assessment and Prevention -- Monitoring of Small Catchments in Poland as Part of the Integrated -- Water and Wastewater Management Condition in Poland -- Water Problems in Urban Areas -- Multidimensional Aspect of the Water Resources Management in Metropolitan Areas -- Conclusions and Recommendations.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Study Area and Methods -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Background -- Chapter 3. Spatial Analysis -- Chapter 4. Interpretation of Spatial Analysis -- Chapter 5. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Hydrologic Model for Runoff Simulation of the Kyzyl-Suu River -- Chapter 2: Integrated Water Resources and Environmental Management in the Transboundary Rivers Basins of Central Asia -- Chapter 3: Experience of Preparation of River Basin Planning and Management on Water Resource Development, Use and Protection in Main and Minor Transboundary River Basins -- Chapter 4: Assessment of Amu Darya Runoff Changes as a Result of Predicted Climate Change and Reduced Glaciation -- Chapter 5: Climate Change Forecast in Kyrgyzstan for 2050 and 2100 -- Chapter 6: Reactions and Dynamics of Drains on Small Transboundary Rivers with Various Feeding Types and the Effect on Climate Change -- Chapter 7: Assessment of anthropogenic loads on the Talas River Watershed (within the Republic of Kazakhstan) -- Chapter 8:The Glacial Systems of Kyrgyzstan under Climate Change -- Chapter 9: Water Resource Risks to Cotton Agriculture in Uzbekistan: Climate, Policy and Irrigation -- Chapter 10: Groundwater Flooding Risk Assessment Using Microseismic Arrays and VES Techniques in the Northern Part of Bishkek -- Chapter 11: Designing Sustainable Futures: Interdisciplinary Science and Social Creativity -- Chapter 12: Water Reuse for Irrigation in Rural Areas in Japan: Implications/Insights for Central Asia and Afghanistan -- Chapter 13: Physics-Chemical Properties of the Kyzyl-Suu River and its tributaries -- Chapter 14: Environmental and Water Resources Management Study of Ghorband-Panjshir and Kunduz Rivers Basins, Afghanistan -- Chapter 15: Investigation of the High Mountain Vegetation Using Satellite Imagery, Kyrgyzstan -- Chapter 16: New Approaches and Advanced Methodology in Integrated Water Resources Management: Amu Darya River Basin -- Chapter 17: Investigation of the Various Aspects of the Kafirnigan River Basin, Tajikistan. .

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1-Regional Fishery Management Organizations from global to regional -- Chapter 2-Science and Policy interface: a road ahead to promote effectiveness -- Chapter 3-CCAMLR: To Be or Not To Be an RFMO? Chapter 4-ICCAT and the Cooperation for Eastern Bluefin Tuna Management -- Chapter 5-CCSBT and the Management of Southern Bluefin Tuna -- Chapter 6-IATTC. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1-Issues and challenges of groundwater and surface water management in the semi-arid region -- Chapter 2-Aquifer Mapping & Management and Groundwater Flow Modelling -- Chapter 3-Agriculture, Rainwater harvesting sites, and crop suitability analysis using WOA, RS, and GIS methods -- Chapter 4-Hydrogeological systems: drainage analysis, morphometric analysis, watershed prioritization -- Chapter 5-Integrating watershed Planning and Management using Remote Sensing and GIS methods and modeling -- Chapter 6-Assessment of Groundwater Prospects Zones using RS, GIS, and MIF methods -- Chapter 7-Changes in land use and land cover impact on the groundwater recharge planning and water level -- Chapter 8-Assessment of Groundwater quality mapping for groundwater development -- Chapter 9-Groundwater level variation and Trend analysis of groundwater level -- Chapter 10-Identification of Soil Fertility and Gully Erosion mapping -- Chapter 11-Assessment of Groundwater recharge panning using AHP and WOA Techniques -- Chapter 12-Flood Mapping and Impact Analysis using RS, GIS, and GEE Methods -- Chapter 13-Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Applications in Water Resources and Irrigation Management -- Chapter 14-Assessment of Evapotranspiration (Et), Rainfall, and Crop Coefficient (Kc) estimation using satellite data -- Chapter 15-Soil Salinity mapping using remote sensing methods -- Chapter 16-Surface runoff modeling for surface and groundwater development and planning.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Types and distribution of calcareous soils in Egypt -- Reinventing extraction and processing of mineral resources of Egypt -- Assessment of microbial biota in Egyptian desert soil -- Sustainable soil management to mitigate soil erosion hazards in Egypt -- Sustainable Development of microbial community in Egyptian Desert soil -- Bio-fertilizers for sustainable agriculture development under salinity stress.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Investigating the Potential Toxicity of Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Produced Water Spills to Aquatic Animals in Freshwater Environments: A North American Perspective -- 2. Occurrence of Levonorgestrel in Water Systems and Its Effects on Aquatic Organisms. A Review -- 3. A Review on the Environmental Exposure to Airborne Manganese, Biomonitoring and Neurological/Neuropsychological Outcomes -- 4. Photodegradation of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Antibacterial Activity in Water by Transition Metals -- 5. Effects of Carbamazepine In Bivalves: A Review -- 6. Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Chronic Kidney Disease.

Description / Table of Contents: Statistical Approach for Water Quality Evaluation of Irrigation Canals in Egypt -- Eutrophication Status and Control of Egyptian Northern Lakes -- An integrated system dynamics model to predict the effects of management scenarios on economic assessment of water and soil resources in Hableh-Rud River Basin, Iran -- Seasonal Variation for Trace Elements Contamination of Groundwater using GIS technologyin Pissurlem, Sonshi, Cudnem, Velguem, Surla Watersheds, North Goa District, India -- The Impact of Different Design Approaches on Fine Sediment Transport in Gazira Scheme, Sudan -- Remote Sensing Approach for estimating Evapotranspiration using Satellite-Based Energy Balance Models in Al-Hamra, Oman -- Application of Dipole-Dipole, Schlumberger and Wenner-Schlumberger arrays in groundwater exploration in karst areas using electrical resistivity and IP methods in a semi-arid area, South West Iran -- A comparative study on regional drought characterization using estimated drought indices in conjunction with trend analysis in Peninsular India -- An Investigation Standardized Precipitation Index Trend in Arid and Semi-arid Region of Pakistan Applying the Innovative Trend Analysis (ITA) Technique -- The impacts of land-use change on the runoff characteristics using HEC-HMS model: A case study in Wadi Al-Mulaikhy sub-watershed in Sana’a basin, Yemen.

Description / Table of Contents: Foreward -- Introduction -- Effects of Multiple Stressors Associated with Land-use Practices in the Percy Corintos Basin (Northwest Chubut): An Ecological Assessment -- The Manso River Drainage System in the Northern Patagonian Andes: Hydrological, Hydrochemical and Nutrient Dynamics -- Geothermal Influence on the Hydrochemistry of Surface Streams in Patagonia Neuquina -- Hydrogeochemistry of an Acid River and Lake Related to an Active Volcano. The Case of Study: Agrio River - Copahue Volcano in Patagonia, Argentina -- Negro River Environmental Assessment -- Patagonia's Chubut River: Overview of the Main Hydrological and Geochemical Features -- Hydrochemical Characteristics of Mid-Low Sections of North Patagonia Rivers, Argentina -- Hydrochemistry of Patagonian Wet Meadows (mallines) Under Different Geological Frames -- The Main Hydrological Features of Patagonia’s Santa Cruz River: An Updated Assessment -- The Role of Sediments and Phosphorus in the Evaluation of Water Resources Quality in Patagonia -- A Hydrological and Biogeochemical Appraisal of Patagonia’s Río Gallegos -- Vertical Electrical Sounding Applied to Hydrolithological Interpretations in the Fuegian Steppe, Argentina -- Water Quality Assessment in Urban Watersheds of Tierra del Fuego: A Perspective from the Integrated Water Resources Management -- Disturbances in Freshwater Environments of Patagonia: A Review -- Glossary.

Description / Table of Contents: Intelligent Irrigation Water Management -- River Hydraulics -- Assessment and Monitoring of Hydrological Extremes -- Future Scenarios.

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Application of RS and GIS in Watershed Management -- 2. Application of RS and GIS in Agricultural Water Management -- 3. Hydrological Modeling -- 4. Intelligent Water Management -- 5. Water Governance.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Biodiversity : Concept, Theories and Significance in River Ecology -- Chapter3. Ecology of fishes of rivers: Functional roles -- Chapter4. Diversity and conservation of wildlife associated with rivers : An eco- ethological analysis -- Chapter5. River Pollution and Perturbation : Perspectives and Processes -- Chaptet6. Landuse changes; Floodplains, Dams and Reservoirs, Integrated River Basins Management -- Chapter7. Eco-Bio Politics, Policies and Conservation Strategies of Rivers -- Chapter8. ECO-restoration of Rivers -- Chapter9. Methodologies for the Assessment of River Ecosystem in Southern West Bengal , India. Chapter10. Conclusion.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Sustainability in a highly interconnected world -- Chapter 2. Technological sustainability: efficient and green process intensification -- Chapter 3. Forest management for climate protection -- Chapter 4. Forest ecosystem service for human health -- Chapter 5. Sustainable crop protection and farming -- Chapter 6. Water conservation and resources efficiency in agriculture -- Chapter 7. Sustainable and affordable technologies for food processing -- Chapter 8. Sustainable exploitation of agro-food waste.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Water - its properties , distribution and significance -- Chapter3. Ecology and its relevance to Environmental Problems -- Chapter4.Trophic interactions and Biogeochemic differentiation Cycles in River Ecosystem -- Chapter5.Physiography of rivers : Relevant hyopthesis and theories -- Chaptet6.Geohydrological Perspectives of Riverine Flows -- Chapter7.Physico-Chemical parameters and their seasonal dynamics -- Special reference to riverine networks of South West Bengal, India -- Chapter8. Conclution.

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- Hydrology -- Permafrost and seasonal frozen ground -- Ecosystems -- Linkage and integration.