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Water conservation and wastewater treatment in BRICS nations : technologies, challenges, strategies and policies /

Water Conservation and Wastewater Treatment in BRICS Nations: Technologies, Challenges, Strategies, and Policies addresses issues of water resources--including combined sewer system overflows--assessing effects on water quality standards and protecting surface and sub-surface potable water from the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Singh, Pardeep (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Chapter 1
  • Water-related problem with special reference to global climate change in Brazil
  • 1.1
  • Overview of Brazilian water resources
  • 1.2
  • Major threats for conservation of Brazilian Amazonian water resources and aquatic biodiversity
  • 1.2.1
  • Industrial and domestic effluents
  • 1.2.2
  • Changes in land-use and deforestation
  • 1.2.3
  • Petroleum hydrocarbon
  • 1.2.4
  • Pesticides and herbicides
  • 1.2.5
  • Global climate changes
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 2
  • Water-related problems with special reference to global climate change in Russia
  • 2.1
  • Introduction
  • 2.2
  • Water resources and anthropogenic impacts in Russia
  • 2.3
  • Climate change in Russia: trends and projections
  • 2.4
  • Impacts on water-related economic sectors
  • 2.5
  • Climatic risk management in Russia
  • 2.6
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3
  • Water-related problem with special reference to global climate change in India
  • 3.1
  • Introduction
  • 3.2
  • Indian context on climate change and water
  • 3.2.1
  • Climate change and precipitation
  • 3.2.2
  • Climate change and Indian monsoon pattern
  • 3.2.3
  • Climate change and glaciers of Himalaya
  • 3.2.4
  • Climate change and groundwater resources
  • 3.2.5
  • Climate change and drought and flood
  • 3.3
  • Impact on agricultural economy
  • 3.4
  • Indian context on climate change and water policies
  • 3.5
  • Scientific simulation model for future prediction
  • 3.5.1
  • The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) modeling
  • 3.5.2
  • General Circulation Model or Global Climate Model (GCM)
  • 3.5.3
  • Regional Climate Modeling (RCM)
  • 3.5.4
  • ClimGen
  • 3.5.5
  • Precipitation Runoff Modelling Systems (PRMS)
  • 3.6
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4
  • Water-related problems with special reference to global climate change in China
  • 4.1
  • Global climate change and China's water resources status
  • 4.1.1
  • Global climate change and water vulnerability
  • 4.1.2
  • The status of China's water resources
  • 4.1.3
  • The research history of the impact of climate change on hydrology and water resources
  • 4.2
  • China's water problem in the context of climate change
  • 4.2.1
  • Climate change poses new challenges to China's solutions to the water problem
  • 4.2.2
  • The sensitivity of China's water systems to climate change
  • 4.2.3
  • Quantitative analysis of the impact of climate change on the measured runoff of typical rivers in China
  • 4.3
  • Quantitative evaluation of the vulnerability of China's water systems under climate change conditions
  • 4.3.1
  • The concept and understanding of water resources vulnerability
  • 4.3.2
  • Index system construction
  • 4.3.3
  • Evaluation method
  • 4.3.4
  • Evaluation conclusion
  • 4.4
  • Future climate change trends in China and adaptive countermeasures