Water conservation and wastewater treatment in BRICS nations : technologies, challenges, strategies and policies / edited by Pardeep Singh [and more].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Pardeep (Environmental engineer)

ScienceDirect (Online service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water conservation--BRIC countries.

Water conservation.

Sewage--Purification--BRIC countries.

Sewage.

Sewage--Purification.

BRIC countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Chapter 1

Water-related problem with special reference to global climate change in Brazil

1.1

Overview of Brazilian water resources

1.2

Major threats for conservation of Brazilian Amazonian water resources and aquatic biodiversity

1.2.1

Industrial and domestic effluents

1.2.2

Changes in land-use and deforestation

1.2.3

Petroleum hydrocarbon

1.2.4

Pesticides and herbicides

1.2.5

Global climate changes

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 2

Water-related problems with special reference to global climate change in Russia

2.1

Introduction

2.2

Water resources and anthropogenic impacts in Russia

2.3

Climate change in Russia: trends and projections

2.4

Impacts on water-related economic sectors

2.5

Climatic risk management in Russia

2.6

Conclusion

References

Chapter 3

Water-related problem with special reference to global climate change in India

3.1

3.2

Indian context on climate change and water

3.2.1

Climate change and precipitation

3.2.2

Climate change and Indian monsoon pattern

3.2.3

Climate change and glaciers of Himalaya

3.2.4

Climate change and groundwater resources

3.2.5

Climate change and drought and flood

3.3

Impact on agricultural economy

3.4

Indian context on climate change and water policies

3.5

Scientific simulation model for future prediction

3.5.1

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) modeling

3.5.2

General Circulation Model or Global Climate Model (GCM)

3.5.3

Regional Climate Modeling (RCM)

3.5.4

ClimGen

3.5.5

Precipitation Runoff Modelling Systems (PRMS)

3.6

Chapter 4

Water-related problems with special reference to global climate change in China

4.1

Global climate change and China's water resources status

4.1.1

Global climate change and water vulnerability

4.1.2

The status of China's water resources

4.1.3

The research history of the impact of climate change on hydrology and water resources

4.2

China's water problem in the context of climate change

4.2.1

Climate change poses new challenges to China's solutions to the water problem

4.2.2

The sensitivity of China's water systems to climate change

4.2.3

Quantitative analysis of the impact of climate change on the measured runoff of typical rivers in China

4.3

Quantitative evaluation of the vulnerability of China's water systems under climate change conditions

4.3.1

The concept and understanding of water resources vulnerability

4.3.2

Index system construction

4.3.3

Evaluation method

4.3.4

Evaluation conclusion

4.4

Future climate change trends in China and adaptive countermeasures

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

ISBN:

9780128183403

0128183403

Publisher Number:

99987372986

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