NSW Diffuse Source Water Pollution Strategy

NSW Diffuse Source Water Pollution Strategy
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Total Pages : 55
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ISBN-10 : 1741229618
ISBN-13 : 9781741229615
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis NSW Diffuse Source Water Pollution Strategy by : Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW

Water Quality Management

Water Quality Management
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781317978954
ISBN-13 : 1317978951
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Water Quality Management by : Asit Biswas

The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made. In the third world countries both point and non-point sources of pollution are becoming increasingly a serious concern. Already, nearly all water bodies in such countries near and around urban centres have been severely polluted, with very high health and environmental costs. The book assesses the current status of water quality management in both developed and developing worlds, as well as analysing the effectiveness of economic instruments and legal and institutional frameworks to control water contamination. It outlines the importance of building up social and political awareness to reverse the trend of continuing water quality deterioration, which is likely to be a most challenging task in the coming years. This book was published as a special issue of International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Managing Urban Stormwater

Managing Urban Stormwater
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 511
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ISBN-10 : 0975203037
ISBN-13 : 9780975203033
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Managing Urban Stormwater by : Landcom (Firm)

"This new edition of the 'Blue Book' provides updated guidance for local councils and practitioners for the design, construction and implementation of measures to improve stormwater management, primarily erosion and sediment control, during the construction-phase of urban development. "--Landcom website.

Coasts and Estuaries

Coasts and Estuaries
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 730
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ISBN-10 : 9780128140048
ISBN-13 : 0128140046
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Coasts and Estuaries by : Eric Wolanski

Coasts and Estuaries: The Future provides valuable information on how we can protect and maintain natural ecological structures while also allowing estuaries to deliver services that produce societal goods and benefits. These issues are addressed through chapters detailing case studies from estuaries and coastal waters worldwide, presenting a full range of natural variability and human pressures. Following this, a series of chapters written by scientific leaders worldwide synthesizes the problems and offers solutions for specific issues graded within the framework of the socio-economic-environmental mosaic. These include fisheries, climate change, coastal megacities, evolving human-nature interactions, remediation measures, and integrated coastal management. The problems faced by half of the world living near coasts are truly a worldwide challenge as well as an opportunity for scientists to study commonalities and differences and provide solutions. This book is centered around the proposed DAPSI(W)R(M) framework, where drivers of basic human needs requires activities that each produce pressures. The pressures are mechanisms of state change on the natural system and Impacts on societal welfare (including well-being). These problems then require responses, which are the solutions relating to governance, socio-economic and cultural measures (Scharin et al 2016). - Covers estuaries and coastal seas worldwide, integrating their commonality, differences and solutions for sustainability - Includes global case studies from leading worldwide contributors, with accompanying boxes highlighting a synopsis about a particular estuary and coastal sea, making all information easy to find - Presents full color images to aid the reader in a better understanding of details of each case study - Provides a multi-disciplinary approach, linking biology, physics, climate and social sciences

Diffuse Pollution

Diffuse Pollution
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 764
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ISBN-10 : UVA:X002542787
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Diffuse Pollution by : Harvey Olem

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 2019

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 2019
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 252
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789264310452
ISBN-13 : 9264310452
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 2019 by : OECD

Australia has managed to decouple economic growth from the main environmental pressures and has made impressive progress in expanding protected areas. However, it is one of the most resource- and carbon-intensive OECD countries, and the state of its biodiversity is poor and worsening. Advancing ...

Co-Engineering and Participatory Water Management

Co-Engineering and Participatory Water Management
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9781107012318
ISBN-13 : 1107012317
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Co-Engineering and Participatory Water Management by : Katherine A. Daniell

A trans-disciplinary book offering evaluation-based approaches for effective participatory interventions, for academic researchers, practitioners and policy-makers working in water management.

Lower Hawkesbury-Nepean River Nutrient Management Strategy

Lower Hawkesbury-Nepean River Nutrient Management Strategy
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : 1742326161
ISBN-13 : 9781742326160
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Lower Hawkesbury-Nepean River Nutrient Management Strategy by :

"The Strategy is one component of a package of initiatives underway to improve the health of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, including the implementation of environmental flows from dams and major weirs and the development and implementation of a water sharing plan to manage river extractions and protect environmental flows."--Executive summary.

Soil pollution: a hidden reality

Soil pollution: a hidden reality
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Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : 9789251305058
ISBN-13 : 9251305056
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Soil pollution: a hidden reality by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

This document presents key messages and the state-of-the-art of soil pollution, its implications on food safety and human health. It aims to set the basis for further discussion during the forthcoming Global Symposium on Soil Pollution (GSOP18), to be held at FAO HQ from May 2nd to 4th 2018. The publication has been reviewed by the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soil (ITPS) and contributing authors. It addresses scientific evidences on soil pollution and highlights the need to assess the extent of soil pollution globally in order to achieve food safety and sustainable development. This is linked to FAO’s strategic objectives, especially SO1, SO2, SO4 and SO5 because of the crucial role of soils to ensure effective nutrient cycling to produce nutritious and safe food, reduce atmospheric CO2 and N2O concentrations and thus mitigate climate change, develop sustainable soil management practices that enhance agricultural resilience to extreme climate events by reducing soil degradation processes. This document will be a reference material for those interested in learning more about sources and effects of soil pollution.