Environmental Resource Management and the Nexus Approach Managing Water, Soil, and Waste in the Context of Global Change /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ardakanian, Reza (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Hydrology.; Environmental sciences.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Environmental Management.; Climate Change.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Urban Ecology.

This book elaborates how water, soil, and waste may be managed in a nexus and how this approach may help combat global change. In addition to providing a brief account on nexus thinking and how it may help us tackle issues important to the world community such as food security, the book presents the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Managing Water, Soil, and Waste in the Context of Global Change (Hiroshan Hettiarachchi)
• Part 1. Climate Change Adaptation
• 2. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Water and Land Context (Zbigniew Kundzewicz)
• 3. Climate Change, Profligacy, Poverty and Destruction: All Things are Connected (Brian Moss)
• Part 2. Urbanization as a Main Driver of Global Change
• 4. A Nexus Approach to Urban and Regional Planning Using the Four Capital Framework of Ecological Economics (Robert Costanza)
• 5. The Urban Water-Energy Nexus: Building Resilience for Global Change in the ‘Urban Century’ (Christopher A. Scott)
• Part 3. Population Growth and Increased Demand for Resources
• 6. Role of Soils for Satisfying Global Demands for Food, Water, and Bioenergy (Winfried E.H. Blum)
• 7. Implications of the Nexus Approach when Assessing Water and Soil Quality as a Function of Solid and Liquid Waste Management (Johan Bouma).