The Litani River, Lebanon: An Assessment and Current Challenges

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Shaban, Amin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hamzé, Mouin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Water Science and Technology Library, 85
• Θέματα: Water pollution.; Hydrology.; Water quality.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.

This book presents a collection of chapters covering research on the Litani River Basin. The Litani River Basin occupies about a quarter of Lebanon's surface area, and it has recently been subject to severe conditions such as contamination and decreased discharge. This motivated the Lebanese go...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter I: Introduction
• Chapter II: Historical View and Future Vision
• Chapter III: Physical Characteristics and Water Resources of Litani River Basin
• Chapter IV: Bacteriological and Physicochemical Characteristics of Litani River Water
• Chapter V: Physicochemical Characteristics of Algal Blooms in Qaraaoun Lake
• Chapter VI: Groundwater Quality at the Upper Litani River Basin
• Chapter VII: Irrigation Approaches Applied in the Litani River Basin
• Chapter VIII: Sustainability of Water Resources in the View of Striking Challenges
• Chapter IX: The National Plan for Litani River Remediation
• Chapter X: The Role of Litani River in the Development of Lebanon
• Chapter XI: Conclusion and Discussion.