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This landmark work, from a respected and accomplished scientist, will transform the way we view the water in our reservoirs and rivers, and change the way we treat the water in our taps.","brand":"Granta Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47850750902615,"sku":"9781846276484","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781846276484.jpg?v=1791378589"},{"product_id":"water-always-wins-thriving-in-an-age-of-drought-and-deluge-9781800247376","title":"Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journey through time and around the world to uncover water's true nature, and how it can help us adapt to climate change.\u003c\/b\u003e  Trouble with water – increasingly frequent, extreme floods and droughts – is one of the first obvious signs of climate change. 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As Gies ably demonstrates, the time has come to learn some lessons from liquid, and to start trying to live gracefully in our wonderfully aqueous world -- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature\u003cbr\u003eFrom California's agricultural lands to the marshes of Iraq, from beavers to microinvertebrates, from early water cultures in India and Peru to today's water crises and the challenges of climate change, Gies uses her formidable reporting skills and personal experiences to weave together beautiful stories about water, its impact on our lives, and how it's long past time to repair our relationship with this most precious resource -- Peter Gleick, founder of Pacific Institute\u003cbr\u003eIn a world awash with water stress, Gies and the many people featured in her pages are leading the way to a future where people might live in a sustainable relationship with the element that sustains us all. 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It features astonishingly detailed photographs that reveal the watery health of the Blue Planet. Readers are taken aboard satellites circling the Earth from where the most technologically advanced cameras and remote sensors capture what lies below. The photographs are accompanied by descriptions and organized in thematic chapters. Water reveals the damage wrought by nature - cyclones, volcanoes, floods - and the destruction wrought by humans - vanishing reservoirs, receding glaciers, melting ice sheets. And what of our attempts to control water? How do the hydropower dams, shore stabilization structures and desert oases we build affect the movement and availability of water? How does our insatiable thirst and recklessness cause poisonous salination, desertification and the disappearance of seas, lakes, reservoirs, islands and shorelines? In the text and captions, the expert authors explain current knowledge of life's essential element, from the biodiversity of the oceans to the inestimable value of drinking water. Readers can follow the tracings of Earth's most important resource as it travels around the globe, and acquire a new and deeper understanding of the water crisis. They will also marvel at the utter beauty of Earth. The photographs in Water are produced by the highest calibre satellite and remote-sensor imagery that current technology allows. The observation-based data covers 1.5 billion square miles (4 billion sq. km) and comprises a real-time map of the world's water. These maps are used to support decision-makers in areas such as public safety, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration and infrastructure management. 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The World Bank reports many developing nations face catastrophe from intensive irrigation, urbanization, and deteriorating infrastructure. Also, numerous reports contend that in many places un-treated wastewater is still released directly into the environment. This is particularly true in low-income countries, which on average treat less than 10% of their wastewater discharges.In short, we face three imminent challenges regarding freshwater: (1) demands by agriculture, cities, industry, and energy production are increasing; (2) severe pollution from various contaminants and growing withdrawals are limiting the capacity of waterways to dilute contaminants — threatening human and aquatic life; and, (3) climate change will cause periods of frequent and severe droughts — punctuated by acute periods of flooding.The goal of this book is to illuminate how the governance of freshwater is a political, social, economic, cultural, and ecological challenge. The management and provision of water are not merely technical problems whose resolution hinges on hydrological principle, cost, or engineering feasibility. They are products of decisions made by governments, businesses, and interest groups that exercise control over who has access to water, how they use it, and in what condition they receive it. 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This excess asphalt also poses a threat to public safety, encouraging faster speeds and dangerous conditions for people walking and biking. The Urban Street Stormwater Guide begins from the principle that street design can support, or degrade, the urban area's overall environmental health. By incorporating Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) into the right-of-way, cities can manage stormwater and reap the public health, environmental, and aesthetic benefits of street trees, planters, and greenery in the public realm. With thoughtful design, GSI can bolster strategies to provide a safe and pleasant walking and cycling experience, efficient and reliable transit service, and safer streets for all users.Building on the successful NACTO urban street guides, the Urban Street Stormwater Guide provides the best practices for the design of GSI along transportation corridors. The authors consider context-sensitive design elements related to street design, character and use, zoning, posted speed, traffic volumes, and impacts to non-motorised and vehicular access. The Guide documents and synthesizes current practices being developed by individual agencies and recommends design guidance for implementation, as well as explores innovative new strategies being tested in cities nationwide. The guidance will focus on providing safe, functioning and maintainable infrastructure that meets the unique needs and requirements of the transportation corridors and its various uses and users. The state-of-the-art solutions in this guide will assist urban planners and designers, transportation engineers, city officials, ecologists, public works officials, and others interested in the role of the built urban landscape in protecting the climate, water quality, and natural environment.","brand":"Island Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867742548311,"sku":"9781610918121","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781610918121.jpg?v=1722284749"},{"product_id":"a-research-agenda-for-water-law-9781802204469","title":"A Research Agenda for Water Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. 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Ultimately, this Research Agenda provides a portfolio of options for responding to the uncertain natural, social, and political future of water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding a cutting-edge overview of the challenges facing water law locally, nationally, and internationally, \u003ci\u003eA Research Agenda for Water Law\u003c\/i\u003e will be a valuable resource for scholars of water law, environmental law, and public international law. It will also be essential reading for policy-makers seeking to build future-facing water law regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Casado Pérez and Larson have created the single best resource for understanding the potential trajectories of water law in the 21st century. From climate change to water markets, from smart cities to legal personhood for rivers and many more topics, leading scholars from around the globe identify the key challenges to water management and paths forward. If you want to understand the breadth of cutting-edge water law topics, read this book.’\u003c\/i\u003e -- James Salzman, University of California, Los Angeles, US\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘The authors and editorial team led by Professors Vanessa Casado Pérez and Rhett Larson have given readers an outstanding Research Agenda for water law. Based on the team’s wide-ranging expertise, leading colleagues have raised vexing questions to set a research agenda for the resource that is fundamental to life, water. This work has value for students, academics, and practitioners.’ \u003c\/i\u003e -- Melissa K. Scanlan, Center for Water Policy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, US\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘The evolution of domestic and international water law—particularly in a rapidly changing climate—demands universal attention. This astute group of scholars anticipates and dissects most of the key issues requiring water law adaptation in the coming decades. An important guide for water law and policy experts everywhere.’\u003c\/i\u003e -- Robert W. 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