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Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes
Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes: Quantity, Quality, and Security presents a study for the mitigation of hydrological extremes through case studies. The focus is on the effect of extremes on water quality and the fate of geogenic, microbial, anthropogenic pollutants in the water cycle, and the interaction of water quality and quantity variations. The book integrates rapidly growing diverse topics, such as co-occurrence variation in water quantity and quality, water supply, sanitation, and hygiene. Stakeholders' participation and raising awareness for sustainable management strategies for hydrological extremes and water management systems is also covered.This thorough guide serv...
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Policy Decision Support
The management of data to understand complex and interwoven processes of sustainable development has been a great challenge for researchers, planners, and decision makers. Remote sensing and GIS-based policy decision support systems not only help them to solve spatially related environmental and socio-economic issues; they also provide a powerful tool for integrating spatial and non-spatial datasets with analytical and spatial models and knowledge domains. Recent advances in the modern spatial tools of remote sensing and GIS combined with advanced computation techniques have enhanced the efficiency and capabilities of policy development. This book expands the scientific knowledge base in var...
Promoting Sustainability Through Water Management and Climate Change Adaptation
This book explores the concept and issues of sustainability and its symbiotic relationship with existing water resources, the surrounding climate and geospatial development. It covers many dimensions of sustainable water resources, climatic variability, change. It also includes case studies on the basis of specific problems and issues, providing sustainable solutions for the future of the earth. Over the past several decades, climate change has significantly impacted a number of components of the hydrological cycle and hydrological systems, including changes in precipitation patterns and intensity; widespread melting of snow and ice; increased atmospheric water vapour; increased evaporation;...
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Human Environment Interactions - Volume 2
The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs. Domestication of crops and animals and the resultant intensification of agriculture lead to profound changes in the impact humans have on the environment. Conversely, as human populations began to increase geologic and climatic factors begin to have a greater impact on civilizations. To understand and reconstruct the complex interplay between humans and the environment over the past ten thousand years requires examination of multiple differing but interconnected aspects of the environment and involves geomorphology, paleoecology, geoarchaeology and paleoclimatology. These Springer Briefs volumes examine the dynamic interplay between humans and the natural environment as reconstructed by the many and varied sub-fields of the Earth Sciences.
Riding the Tiger
Beauty, grace and power make the tiger one of the world's most loved animals, yet it is precisely these qualities that have been its downfall. Poaching for skins and body parts, loss of habitat and prey and conflicts between people and wild tigers have caused catastrophic declines in tiger numbers throughout their range. If wild tigers are to survive through the next century, we must act now. Riding the Tiger is a comprehensive, scientific and eminently readable account of the problems and possible solutions of securing a future for wild tigers. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, it is written by leading conservationists working throughout Asia. It is a vital information resource for tiger conservationists in the field, necessary reading for serious students of carnivore conservation and conservation biologists in general, and an accessible overview of tiger conservation for general readers.
Palaces of Rajasthan
George Michell explores the fascinating royalarchitecture of this desert state of India from the 15thto the 20th century, focusing on the major capitalsof Rajput power Jaipur, Udaipur, Jodhpur, andBikaner as well as other centres such as Bundi, Kota,Jaisalmer, Alwar, and Shekhawati. Palaces of Rajasthanencompasses the early fortresses of Chittaurgarh andKumbhalgarh, the vast Art Deco-styled Umaid Bhawanin Jodhpur, and the picturesquely located palace atSamode, among others. Though the royal complexesare today shadows of their former glory, the memoryof this greatest age in Rajasthan s history and itsextraordinary palace architecture endures to thepresent day. Antonio Martinelli s stunning photographsprovide a detailed visual record of magnificent façadesand opulent interiors.
Princely Rajasthan
Two-page plates, of the architecture's exterior, interiors, decoration, associated buildings, and distant views. Martinelli studied architecture at the U. of Venice, Italy. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
