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Competences in context: Knowledge and capacity development in public water management in Indonesia and The Netherlands; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
Published:
April 23, 2013
Author(s):
Judith Kaspersma
International cooperation for reaching development goals has expanded gradually since the 1950s. The effectiveness of the Overseas Development Aid (ODA) has become a topic of great public interest. A growing body of experience exists to demonstrate that finance alone is not sufficient for …
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Technologies for Converting Biomass to Useful Energy: Combustion, Gasification, Pyrolysis, Torrefaction and Fermentation
Published:
April 16, 2013
Editor(s):
Erik Dahlquist
Officially, the use of biomass for energy meets only 10-13% of the total global energy demand of 140 000 TWh per year. Still, thirty years ago the official figure was zero, as only traded biomass was included. While the actual production of biomass is in the range of 270 000 TWh per year, most of …
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Air Contaminants, Ventilation, and Industrial Hygiene Economics: The Practitioner's Toolbox and Desktop Handbook
Published:
April 15, 2013
Author(s):
Roger Lee Wabeke
There is nothing more devastating to baseless opinions than good numbers. Air Contaminants, Ventilation, and Industrial Hygiene Economics: The Practitioner's Toolbox and Desktop Handbook helps you obtain "good numbers" on your quest to squash shabby opinions with sound advice. It details real-world …
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Pedodiversity
Published:
April 08, 2013
Editor(s):
Juan José Ibáñez; James G. Bockheim
Soil diversity (pedodiversity) is part of our natural and cultural heritage. The preservation of the pedosphere is essential for the protection of the biosphere and the Earth’s systems, the regulation of climate, and for world food security. In this book, reputed international experts discuss the …
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Biomass as Energy Source: Resources, Systems and Applications
Published:
March 25, 2013
Editor(s):
Erik Dahlquist
Global energy use is approximately 140 000 TWh per year. Interestingly, biomass production amounts to approximately 270 000 TWh per year, or roughly twice as much, whereas the official figure of biomass use for energy applications is 10-13% of the global energy use. This shows that biomass is not a …
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Actinobacteria: Application in Bioremediation and Production of Industrial Enzymes
Published:
March 12, 2013
Editor(s):
Maria Julia Amoroso; Claudia Susana Benimeli; Sergio Antonio Cuozzo
This book describes isolated actinobacteria from different environments, and how these can be used to bioremediate heavy metals and pesticides in contaminated sites. It also describes how free-living actinobacteria acquire the capability to produce nodules in plants and how this factor could be …
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Hydraulic Engineering
Published:
March 12, 2013
Editor(s):
Liquan Xie
Hydraulic Engineering contains 56 technical papers from the 2012 SREE Conference on Hydraulic Engineering (CHE 2012, Hong Kong, 21-22 December 2012, including the second SREE Workshop on Environment and Safety, WESE 2012). The conference served as a major forum for researchers, engineers and …
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Framework for Dynamic Modelling of Urban Floods at Different Topographical Resolutions: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
Published:
March 08, 2013
Author(s):
Solomon D. Seyoum
Urban flood risks and their impacts are expected to increase as urban development in flood prone areas continues and rain intensity increases as a result of climate change while aging drainage infrastructures limit the drainage capacity in existing urban areas. Flood mitigation strategies are …
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Transboundary Water Management in a Changing Climate
Published:
February 27, 2013
Editor(s):
Benjamin Dewals; Maïté Fournier
Most large river basins in the world are transboundary. Experience with such basins emphasizes the urgent need for more efficient transnational water management. This book details recent initiatives undertaken in the Meuse basin (North-West Europe) to develop a transnational adaptation strategy to …
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Biochar and Soil Biota
Published:
February 21, 2013
Editor(s):
Natalia Ladygina; Francois Rineau
Biochar, a biomass that is burned at very high temperature in the absence of oxygen, has recently become an interesting subject of study. Biochar is highly stable and does not degrade; it possesses physical properties that assist in retention of nutrients in the soil. The use of …
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