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Water Resources of North America
Asit K. . Ed(S): Biswas
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Description for Water Resources of North America
Hardback. Organized to provide general information about North America's water management infrastructure, water use by sector, water quality, and future infrastructure needs, this title summarizes future water use and supply projections, plus the primary challenges currently facing water resource managers. Editor(s): Biswas, Asit K. Num Pages: 381 pages, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; RBK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 735.
Leonardo da Vinci, the eminent Renaissance scholar and philosopher said, "water is the driver of nature". Many may have considered it to be an overstatement in the past, but at the beginning of the third millennium, no sane individual would disagree with Leonardo's view. Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource for most of the world's citizens. The current trends indicate that the overall situation is likely to deteriorate further, at least for the next two decades, unless the water profession eschews its existing "business as usual" practices, which can only allow incremental changes to occur. Somewhat surprisingly, the water ... Read more
Leonardo da Vinci, the eminent Renaissance scholar and philosopher said, "water is the driver of nature". Many may have considered it to be an overstatement in the past, but at the beginning of the third millennium, no sane individual would disagree with Leonardo's view. Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource for most of the world's citizens. The current trends indicate that the overall situation is likely to deteriorate further, at least for the next two decades, unless the water profession eschews its existing "business as usual" practices, which can only allow incremental changes to occur. Somewhat surprisingly, the water ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
Number of Pages
381
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540002840
SKU
V9783540002840
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Reviews for Water Resources of North America
From the reviews: "This book has achieved its goal of bringing together a wide range of knowledge about North American water resources with extensive reliable data and clear figures. The extraordinary rich contents of this book … offered some realistic analysis of the future. I can guarantee that this book will be a precious reading ... Read more