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Water Loss Management: Tools and Methods for Developing Countries: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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October 11, 2012
Author(s):
Harrison E. Mutikanga
Water losses occur in all water distribution systems worldwide and high levels are indicative of poor governance and poor physical condition of the system. Water losses vary from 3% of system input volume in the developed countries to 70% in the developing countries. This high contrast suggests …
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Applying the Flood Vulnerability Index as a Knowledge Base for Flood Risk Assessment: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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October 11, 2012
Author(s):
Stefania-Florina Balica
Floods are one of the most common and widely distributed natural risks to life and property worldwide.  There is a need to identify the risk of flooding in flood prone areas to support decisions for flood management from high level planning proposals to detailed design. An important part of …
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Development of a Low-Cost Alternative for Metal Removal from Textile Wastewater: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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October 11, 2012
Author(s):
Christian Sekomo Birame
Industrial wastewater contains many pollutants. This book focuses on heavy metals found in textile effluents because of their known toxicity effect in the environment. Wastewater from a textile industry (UTEXRWA) in Rwanda has been screened for the occurrence of Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, and Zn. Batch …
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An Approach towards Generic Coastal Geomorphological Modelling with Applications: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
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October 11, 2012
Author(s):
Qinghua Ye
This thesis presents the development a generic morphological model for both structured and unstructured grid.  An online coupling model frame is set up by modularizing a proven 3d hydrodynamic module, a bed state description module, a sediment transport module, a bed update module, and a …
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Resilience and Urban Risk Management
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October 08, 2012
Editor(s):
Damien Serre; Bruno Barroca; Richard Laganier
Resilience and Urban Risk Management presents the latest progress made in designing resilient towns, and identifies leads to be explored for attaining the objective of systematically integrating risks into urban environments The aim of the book is to provide guidance in designing and planning …
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River Flow 2012
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October 05, 2012
Editor(s):
Rafael Murillo Muñoz
Rivers are complex entities. In addition to being valuable wildlife habitats, they support human activities by providing water for human usage, renewable energy and convenient transportation. Rivers may also pose threats to riverine communities, in the form of floods and other natural or …
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Great Lakes: Lessons in Participatory Governance
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October 02, 2012
Editor(s):
Velma I. Grover; Gail Krantzberg
This edited volume while focusing on participatory governance in the Great Lakes basin of North America also gives a comparative perspective of the African Great Lakes. The book describes the actions taken at degraded locations along the Great Lakes in North America through Remedial Action Plans ( …
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Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing
Published:
September 17, 2012
Author(s):
Frank R. Spellman
There is a strong need for innovation and the development of viable renewable energy sources. Recent technological advances now allow natural gas supplies—previously believed inaccessible or nonexistent—to be discovered, mined, and processed for both industrial and consumer use. The technology, a …
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Hydrogeology: Objectives, Methods, Applications
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September 14, 2012
Author(s):
Éric Gilli; Christian Mangan; Jacques Mudry
Hydrogeology, the science of groundwater, requires a multidisciplinary approach involving many other sciences: surface hydrology, climatology, geology, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, and more. This book takes a broad view, considers water as a single entity, and presents many …
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Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna Waters: Advances in Development and Management
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August 27, 2012
Author(s):
Mahesh Chandra Chaturvedi
Once a prosperous region, the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basin—inhabited by about a tenth of the world’s population—is currently one of the poorest. Large-scale socioeconomic development is urgently needed to ensure the sustainability of the region, and the management of water resources …
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