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Innovations and Application of Operational Ocean Data Products for Security of Marine Environment
The rapid development of operational oceanography in recent years has led to improved access to real-time data and products generated from in situ...
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Danube Delta Integrated Sustainable Development Strategy
The development of territorial development strategies is a permanent concern of local and central authorities. The Danube Delta is a special...
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Introduction to “Insights into Egypt’s Strategy to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030: Researchers’ Contributions”
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 goals and 169 targets that span the economic, social, and environmental aspects of...
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Factors That Influence the Hydrological Process: A Climate and Land Use/Land Cover Perspective
The hydrological cycle (HyC) is affected by several factors, but climate and land use/land cover (LU/LC) are the most influential ones. This chapter...
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Stormwater Management
Urbanized area is a driver of stormwater flood risk. The rainwater harvesting system has been considered as a part of the stormwater management...
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Medical Infrastructure Evolution and Spatial Dimension of the Population Health State from the Danube Delta
The Danube Delta is a region of great tourist attractiveness but at the same time it is a space of contrasts in terms of infrastructure, access to...
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Remediation of Emerging Contaminants
Water pollution by emerging contaminants has become a major source of concern and a priority for society and public authorities. Emerging...
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The Main Equipment of a Dissolved Air Flotation Plant
The specific features of dissolved air flotation make this clarification technology almost always used in combination with chemical treatment. The...
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The Irrigation Future of India: Overview and Synthesis
India’s irrigation sector is one of the largest in the world in terms of irrigated area, volume of investment and number of large dams including...
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Advanced Treatments for the Removal of Alkylphenols and Alkylphenol Polyethoxylates from Wastewater
Since the 2000s, among organic contaminants, alkylphenols and alkylphenol polyethoxylates have been listed as hazardous substances by several...
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The Governance and Administration of Chino Basin Groundwater Management
Adaptive groundwater management in Chino Basin entails a highly polycentric set of institutional arrangements that involve multiple local, state, and...
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Water Integrity: From Concept to Practice
The adherence of water stakeholders and institutions to integrity principles is critical to improve water governance and sustainable water...
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Rights-Based Freshwater Governance for the Twenty-First Century: Beyond an Exclusionary Focus on Domestic Water Uses
The UN recognition of a human right to water for drinking, personal and other domestic uses and sanitation in 2010 was a political breakthrough in...
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Towards Inclusive Water Governance: OECD Evidence and Key Principles of Stakeholder Engagement in the Water Sector
Citizens increasingly demand to be more engaged in how public policy decisions are made. In this environment, stakeholder engagement has emerged as a...
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Urban Water Governance as a Function of the ‘Urban Hydrosocial Transition’
Urban governance is as much about infrastructure as it is about people and processes. In particular, the history of urban governance is closely...
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Urban Water Governance for the Twenty-First Century: A Portfolio-Based Approach to Planning and Management
Rapid urbanisation, growing urban populations, environmental issues and climate change all represent significant challenges for water resource...
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Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Develo** Countries
Key actors in various develo** countries are often confronted by difficult choices when it comes to the selection and deployment of appropriate...
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Water Governance Futures in South Asia and Southern Africa: Déjà Vu All Over Again?
This chapter explores the likely trends and outcomes in water governance by about 2030 in two regions: South Asia and Southern Africa. It addresses...
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Introduction and Reflections
This book explores the challenges most countries face in dealing with governance issues and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of various...
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Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance
How mechanisms for inclusive governance are understood is built on the framing choices that are made about governance and that which is being...