1 Problems and Challenges for Groundwater Management in South Asia -- 2 Problems and Challenges for Groundwater Management in India -- 3 Modelling of Aquifer Systems -- 4 Application of Geophysical Techniques in Groundwater Management -- 5 Application of Remote Sensing and GIS -- 6 Application of Environmental Isotopes -- 7 Development and Management of Coastal Aquifer Systems -- 8 Spring Prote…
Preface -- Introduction -- The Nile River and Transboundary Water Rights -- Land Tenure and Water Rights in the Blue Nile Basin -- Hydrology of the Blue Nile Basin Overview -- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Site -- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Design and Reservoir Filling -- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Operation and Upstream and Downstream Water Demand -- Reactions and Responses on the …
1.Introduction -- 2.Research design -- 3.The political genealogy of the Zuiderzee Works: The establishment of a safety discourse -- 4. Engineering space: Integrated flood risk management in the Netherlands -- 5.From levees to insurance: The spatial turn in US flood governance -- 6.The evolution of US flood governance: Overcoming uncertainty and value conflict -- 7. A comparative analysis of e…
1. Introduction -- 2. Can We Evaluate the Scenic Beauty in a Landscape? -- 3. Review of the Existing Landscape Evaluation Techniques -- 4. The Coastal Scenery Evaluation Methodology -- 5. Coastal Scenery Around the World -- 6. Coastal Scenery Management -- 7. Conclusions -- 8. References.This book describes an easy to apply methodology to determine the scenic value of a coast. As one of the mos…
Part – I: Introduction to Landslide Dynamics -- 1. Mass Wasting: An Overview -- 2. Dump Slope Stability -- 3. Shear Strength Behaviour of Jointed Rock Masses -- 4. Rockfall: A Specific Case of Landslide -- Part – II: Landslide Monitoring and Prediction -- 5. Study of Jointed and Weathered Rock Slopes through the Innovative Approach of Infrared Thermography -- 6. Ground Based Real Time Monit…
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Channeling Disaster Aid: Process and Problems -- Chapter 3: Disaster Relief Provision -- Chapter 4: Response to and Emergency Relief Efforts for the Selected Disasters -- Chapter 5: Convergence Phenomenon -- Chapter 6: Conclusion.‘Dr. Paul has again provided an exceptional foundation in disaster studies, this time on the complex and evolving nature of hum…
Landslides: An Overview -- Geomorphic, Geo-tectonic and Hydrologic Attributes and Landslide Susceptibility -- Slope instability analysis: A Sub-Watershed Scale Study -- Geomorphic Diversity and Landslide Susceptibility: A Multi-Criteria Evaluation Approach -- Landslide Susceptibility Prediction and Assessment using Bivariate Models -- Multivariate Models and Prediction and Assessment of Landsli…
Chapter 1. Global Problem of Timber Trafficking -- Chapter 2. Convergence between Green Criminology and Security Studies -- Chapter 3. The Environment and Forests in Vietnam -- Chapter 4. Timber Trafficking in Vietnam -- Chapter 5. Impacts of Timber Trafficking on Human Security -- Chapter 6. Solutions to Curtail Timber Trafficking in Vietnam -- Concluding Remark.This book is the first systemat…
Chapter 1. Introduction (Cristián Henríquez and Hugo Romero) -- Part I: Urban Heat Island, Local Climate Zone and Thermal Comfort -- Chapter 2. Urban Climates of Large Cities: Comparison of Urban Heat Island Effect in Latin American (Pablo Sarricolea and Oliver Meseguer-Ruiz) -- Chapter 3. Urban Climate in the South-American Coastal Cities of Guayaquil, Lima, Antofagasta and Valparaiso and it…
1. Introduction -- 2. Climate Change and its impacts on Bhutan -- 3. Glaciers as indicators of changing climate in Himalaya -- 4. Land degradation in the Khyber mountains, Pakistan -- 5. Biodiversity Conservation in a Himalayan fringe -- 6. Spreading urban tentacles in the Scotland of the East -- 7. Blowing hot, blowing cold: The urban heat island effect in Srinagar -- 8. Protected areas in Bhu…