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| fixed length control field |
02469nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
1-84277-243-0 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
333.91 |
| Item number |
HUN/T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hunt Constance Elizabeth |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Thirsty planet:- Strategies for sustainable water management |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher |
Zed Books |
| Place of publication |
London |
| Year of publication |
2004 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
302p |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Water-supply. |
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Water resources development. |
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Riding the water cycle and freshwater ecosystem : Water cycle mechanics, Non-living and living components , Internal ecosystem dynamics |
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Water use and growing shortages : Water's role in human civilization and ancient times, Global water crisis, Supply side solutions |
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Food supply and water cycle : Global food production, Green revolution technologies and their repercussion , Irrigation, Artificial fertilizers, Pesticides, Wild fisheries, Sustainable agriculture or Agroecology |
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Water supply and sanitation in a water short world : Water paucity and plenty, Source of scarcity- Inefficient water use, Hydrological alternative, desertification, Pollutants, pathogens , Improving our performance - Water conservation, Pollution prevention, Environmental monitoring and the use of bioindicators, Restoring landscape functions, Using locally appropriate technology , Waste water recycling and re-use |
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Water management for flood damage reduction : Nature and history of floods, Flood control concept, Shifts towards a holistic approach to flood management , Non-structural flood damage reduction, Flood damage reduction through ecosystem restoration |
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Inland waterways and water cycle : Building the water highways, Effects of inland waterway construction and operation on the water cycle, navigating gently,Watershed, Environmental windows, |
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Interrelationships between global warming and the water cycle : Greenhouse effects, Effects of global warming on the water cycle aquatic ecosystem and people, Climatic change, Pseudo-solutions, hydropower, Energy efficiency , renewable resources |
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Potential for restoration : Freshwater ecosystem on the brink, protection, Restoration |
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Avenues of governance- institutional options for protecting the water cycle : binding agreements, Ramsar convention, United Nations convention on the law of the non-navigational uses of international watercourses, Non-binding agreements, World commission on dams, World water vision, free trade and market forces : GATT,GATS and the WTO, World bank and international monetary fund, Markets and pricing |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
