Drought & Water Supply

Growing human populations and higher demands for water impose increasing impacts and stresses upon freshwater biodiversity. Their combined effects ...

Drought is a slow-onset disaster. The impacts are invisible and are often reflected as a complex socio-economic phenomenon. Due to changes in the c...

Financing Water Security and Green Growth offers a comprehensive overview of the innovative financial instruments and approaches available to imple...

Following Russia's aggressive war in Ukraine, the world is suddenly gripped by concerns over energy security. And yet, there is an even greater thr...

This book investigates water issues in the Euphrates-Tigris basin between Turkey, Syria and Iraq (Iran). It presents the importance of water in the...

This book addresses water privatization from a historical-sociological perspective and argues against the unrelenting imposition of neoprivatist wa...

A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientif...

The revitalizing and restoration of rivers, creeks and streams is a major focus of urban conservation activity throughout North America and Europe....

Availability of and adequate accessibility to freshwater and energy are two key technological and scientific problems of global significance. At th...

The Times Book of the Year pickSmart, sobering, and scholarly. Steve Brusatte, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of Dinosa...

Water is a major global issue that will shape our future. Rarely, however, has water been the subject of literary critical attention. This book ide...

A holistic approach to humanitys global use and management of water resources In Water: Our Sustainable and Unsustainable Use, distinguished enviro...

This book discusses resilient urban water resources management in the context of climate change and ongoing urbanization. Twelve cities worldwide r...

Water is life. Managing water quantity and quality is a big part of human responsibility. Water Management and Sustainability in Asia covers topics...

The little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be...

Complex water problems cannot be resolved by numbers or narratives. Contingent and negotiated approaches are necessary for actionable outcome. In t...