Drought & Water Supply

Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever way to create streams where none exist in nature. For 3,000 years, they have made life possible in ...

This collection of papers examines water management in two of the worlds prominent, arid transboundary areas facing similar challenges. In the Midd...

As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

Water is life for all human beings and is essential for sustainable economic development. Access to freshwater is a fundamental human right. Ensuri...

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and water. It is the first book to thoroughly ...

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and water. It is the first book to thoroughly ...

Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California's San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a...

The Florida Everglades is a large and diverse aquatic ecosystem that has been greatly altered over the past century by an extensive water control i...

Expanding water reusethe use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentationco...

Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting d...

Climate change is leading to changing patterns of precipitation and increasingly extreme global weather. There is an urgent need to synthesize our ...

Water nurtures prosperity by meeting basic human needs, supporting health, livelihoods and economic development, underpinning food and energy secur...

Co-published with UNESCOA product of the UNESCO-IHP project on Water and Cultural Diversity, this book represents an effort to examine the complex ...

A bold new account of European imperialism told through the history of waterIn the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful Europe...

This report aims to introduce a novel way of positioning water as an engine for growth and equity by highlighting the deep associations between wat...