Water and society. IV / editor, C. A. Brebbia.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Brebbia, C. A., editor.

Conference Name:

Water and Society Conference (4th : 2017 : Seville, Spain)

Series:

WIT transactions on ecology and the environment ; Volume 216.

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 1743-3541 ; Volume 216

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Congresses.

Water-supply.

Right to water--Congresses.

Right to water.

Water resources development--Congresses.

Water resources development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Southampton, England ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : WIT Press, 2017.

Summary:

This volume presents papers from the Water & Society 2017. The conference encouraged trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. The valuable research contained in this book demonstrates the need to bridge the gap between physical, biological, environmental and health sciences.

Contents:

Cover

Water and Society IV

Copyright page

Preface

Contents

Section 1: Water resources management

Integrated water resources management: from a complexity theory perspective

Balancing in- and off-stream uses of water in the Hawaiian Islands

Women's involvement in the evaluation of water-improvement variables towards the achievement of sustainable development goals: assessment of a semi-urban city in South-West Nigeria

Discussing the 'human right to water in India': Genesis for debate?

Optimization model of Hirmand River Basin water resources in the agricultural sector using stochastic dynamic programming under uncertainty conditions

Desalination, a strategic and controversial resource in Spain

Section 2: Urban water management

Mapping urban water governance models in the Spanish Mediterranean coastline

Onsite graywater reclamation towards alleviating water shortages at the household level

Celebrating urban water, nature and ecological processes to mitigate urban risk

Understanding biofilm issues in wastewater pipes: the case of Norwegian and Swedish municipalities

Study of the start-up of an upflow laboratory-scale anaerobic sludge blanket for the treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater

Section 3: Water quality

TiO2-modified zeolite-carbon nanotubes composite electrode for photoelectrodegradation of pentachlorophenol from water under UV irradiation

An environmental study of the Nant-Y-Fendrod stream in South Wales

Geographic information system for water quality work: "Water Quality on Your Click" by MWA, Thailand

Water quality assessment of public street coolers in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Experimental investigation of copper removal from aqueous solution using musa paradisiaca as a novel adsorbent.

Pre-treatment of industrial mineral oil wastewater using Response Surface Methodology

Quality assessment of a university campus wastewater resource

Effect of TiO2 loading on powder-activated carbon in advanced drinking-water treatment

Fast simultaneous electrochemical detection of tetracycline and fluoxetine in water

Water quality network bridging regulation, technology and society in Brazil

Lake water quality for human use and tourism in Central Italy (Rome)

Field study of real-time water quality control

Section 4: Water resources contamination

Optimal design of in-situ Permeable Reactive Barrier

Life Average Daily Dose of Radium-226 on some water samples collected at Giri and Kuje area of Abuja, North-Central Nigeria

Assessment of dose intake of toxic elements in groundwater samples from Abuja, North Central Nigeria

Nutrient distributions in an estuary of the Argentine Coast

Section 5: Water, sanitation and health

The common ground of thermal baths

Rainwater for drinking water: a study of household attitudes

Predicting degradation with biochemical oxygen demand in disinfectant-polluted sewage

Section 6: Groundwater management and conservation

MIGRAD: a water allocation model for multi-resources irrigation supply systems in the Capitanata district, Italy

Tajo, Jarama, and Guadalquivir rivers (Spain): court and city - recreational and industrial aspects of the rivers' course

Author index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 25, 2017).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78466-186-4

OCLC:

1002507251