Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Social Sciences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schneier-Madanes, Graciela. (Editor), Courel, Marie-Francoise. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Geography.; Environmental sciences.; Sustainable development.; Environmental pollution.; Economics.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Sustainable Development.; Environment, general.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Economics/Management Science, general.; Social Sciences, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2776-4

International voices fill the pages of Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions, forming an original scientific exploration of current water research and management issues. In arid regions, agriculture that is ill-adapted to the environment, accelerated urbanization, poverty, and increasing pollutio...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• acknowledgements
• list of contributors
• section I: contemporary issues
• section II: learning from history
• section III: management for sustainability
• glossary of units of measurement and chemical formulas
• subject index.