Selected water problems in islands and coastal areas : with special regard to desalination and groundwater : proceedings of a seminar /

Selected Water Problems in Islands and Coastal Areas serves as a guideline for implementing, at the policy and decision-making level, the rational and economic use of water resources. This book focuses on groundwater management and the possible utilization of desalination facilities, specifically in...

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Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe (Committee on Water Problems.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England ; Elmsford, New York : Pergamon Press, 1979.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Selected Water Problems in Islands and Coastal Areas serves as a guideline for implementing, at the policy and decision-making level, the rational and economic use of water resources. This book focuses on groundwater management and the possible utilization of desalination facilities, specifically in arid or semi-arid coastal areas. Organized into five parts encompassing 63 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the forecasts of water supply requirements. This text then explores the necessary regulations of both surface and groundwater in coastal areas and islands with limited water res.
Physical Description:1 online resource (528 pages) : illustrations, graphs
ISBN:9781483189178
1483189171