Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals (New York Academy of Sciences)

Water harvesting is gaining more and more recognition as a sustainable and resilient water supply options. It is economically viable, socially compatible and environmentally friendly. Water harvesting has proven to be a robust solution to overcome or reduce water shortages all over the world. It is important to understand how to apply this practice in a sustainable and effective way to make full use of its potential in a world increasingly threatened by water scarcity.The Handbook of Water Harvesting & Conservation: Basic Concepts & Fundamentals is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and applied handbook on water harvesting and conservation yet published. The book’s 30 chapters - written by 84 outstanding international experts from approximately 20 selected countries faced by drought - explore, critique and develop concepts and systems for water harvesting. The editors bring together many perspectives into a synthesis that is both academically based and practical in its potential applications.This book is an important tool for education, research and technical works in the areas of soil, water and watershed management and is highly useful for drought strategy planning, flood management and developing techniques to adapt to climate change in urban, agricultural, forest and rangeland areas. "Water harvesting is gaining more and more recognition as a sustainable and resilient water supply options. It is economically viable,socially compatible and environmentally friendly. Water harvesting has proven to be a robust solution to overcome or reduce watershortages all over the world. It is important to understand how to apply this practice in a sustainable and effective way to make full useof its potential in a world increasingly threatened by water scarcity.The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals is the most comprehensive, up-to-dateand applied handbook on water harvesting and conservation yet published. The book's 30 chapters -- written by 84 outstandinginternational experts from approximately 20 selected countries faced by drought -- explore, critique and develop concepts and systemsfor water harvesting. The editors bring together many perspectives into a synthesis that is both academically based and practical in itspotential applications.The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals is an important tool for education, researchand technical works in the areas of soil, water and watershed management and is highly useful for drought strategy planning, floodmanagement and developing techniques to adapt to climate change in urban, agricultural, forest and rangeland areas." --Publisher's description Water harvesting is gaining more and more recognition as a sustainable and resilient water supply options. It is economically viable, socially compatible and environmentally friendly. Water harvesting has proven to be a robust solution to overcome or reduce water shortages all over the world. It is important to understand how to apply this practice in a sustainable and effective way to make full use of its potential in a world increasingly threatened by water scarcity. The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and applied handbook on water harvesting and conservation yet published. The book's 30 chapters — written by 84 outstanding international experts from approximately 20 selected countries faced by drought — explore, critique and develop concepts and systems for water harvesting. The editors bring together many perspectives into a synthesis that is both academically based and practical in its potential applications. The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals is an important tool for education, research and technical works in the areas of soil, water and watershed management and is highly useful for drought strategy planning, flood management and developing techniques to adapt to climate change in urban, agricultural, forest and rangeland areas.

Water harvesting is gaining more and more recognition asasustainableand resilientwater supply options. It is economically viable, socially compatible and environmentally friendly. Water harvesting has proven to be arobustsolution to overcome or reduce water shortages all over the world.It is important to understand how toapply thispracticein a sustainable and effective way to make full use of its potentialin a world increasingly threatened by water scarcity.

The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals is the mostcomprehensive,up-to-dateand appliedhandbook on water harvesting and conservation yet published.The book's30 chapters--written by84outstandinginternationalexpertsfrom approximately20selectedcountriesfaced by drought-- explore, critique and developconceptsand systems for water harvesting. The editors bring together many perspectives into a synthesis that is bothacademically basedand practical in its potential applications.

The Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation: Basic Concepts and Fundamentals isan important tool for education, research and technical works in theareas ofsoil,waterand watershedmanagement andishighly useful for drought strategy planning, flood management anddevelopingtechniquesto adaptto climate changeinurban,agricultural,forestandrangelandareas.