Rivers category: 174 books
Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity
International Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Water scarcity is an increasing problem in many parts of the world, yet conventional supply-side economics and management are insufficient to deal with it. In this book the role of water trading as an instrument of integrated water resources management is explored in depth. It is also shown to be...
Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer
International Studies on Contextual Water Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
In an increasingly global community of researchers and practitioners, new technologies and communication means have made the transfer of policies from one country or region to another progressively more prevalent. There has been a lot of attention in the field of public administration paid to policy...
Climate Change and Agriculture in India
Studies from Selected River Basins
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods. It, first, makes a quantitative assessment of how climate change affects agricultural and food production systems; second, predicts how these systems may respond to climate change;...
by R. H. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Covering an area from Liverpool to London, Canal Crimes explores the whole range of criminal activity on Britain's Waterways during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Criminal court cases range from the opportunistic sixteen-year-old who was transported for seven years for stealing a man's...
The Volta River Basin
Water for Food, Economic Growth and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economic...
by Ray Shill
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
The history of the canals and waterways of North West England, including the Ashton Canal, Peak Forest Canal, Rochdale Canal, Huddersfield Canals, Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal and River Ribble, is traced through old and modern colour photographs. This is the second volume of North West Canals...
The Majestic Columbia River Gorge
A Journey Treasured Throughout Time
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
The Majestic Columbia River Gorge is a collection of stories, myths, and of a Vision Quest by several chiefs of the Watlalla Tribe belonging to the Chinook Nation. The stories within share of the gift of all things involving nature and of how the Native Americans may have associated themselves to those same gifts.
Freshwater
Environmental Issues, Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Freshwater is our planet’s most precious resource, and also the least conserved. Freshwater makes up only 3 percent of the total water on the planet, and yet the majority (1.9 percent) is held in a frozen state in glaciers, icebergs, and polar ice fields. This leaves approximately one-half of 1...
The Last River Rat
Kenny Salwey's Life in the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Kenny Salwey is a modern-day American hermit who has lived most of his life in the Mississippi river bottoms, coming to know the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most. Now, Kenny shares his love of, and knowledge about, the mighty river. The Last River Rat is a seasonal look at Kenny's unique life.
Water Ethics
A Values Approach to Solving the Water Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
Fully revised and updated, this second edition of Water Ethics continues to consolidate water ethics as a key dimension of water-related decisions.
The book introduces the idea that ethics are an intrinsic dimension of any water policy, program, or practice, and that understanding what ethics...
River Trent
From Source to Sea
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
For some the River Trent is synonymous with a northern Staffordshire city, for others the hub of the ceramics industry, perhaps the heart of the brewing world or a famous bridge near a famous cricket ground. But it’s more than all of these combined, its magnitude unmatched anywhere in England. Deriving...
by Mary Shafer
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
The Moselle
River and Canal from the Roman Empire to the European Economic Community
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1975
The Moselle has been one of the main arteries of European Communication and transportation for centuries. The Romans used it as a main thoroughfare from southern to northern Europe and also began the improvements to its navigation that have continued intermittently through the industrial revolution...
Ganges
The Many Pasts of an Indian River
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world’s third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora
Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India’s most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian...