Water Resources and Hydrometeorology of the Arab Region

Mamdouh Shahin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

589 Seiten

2007
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-4577-6 (ISBN)

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The great importance of detailed data and their use in generating interdisciplinary scientific knowledge on the development and utilisation of the water systems of the Arab region, with its widespread water stress and desert areas, is well established. With increasing consumption of water in the region backed up by the growing population, the per capita availability of freshwater in the coming years is expected to cause severe scarcity, unless some fundamental and anticipatory changes are introduced in the management of their water systems. Towards that end, such a rich book will prove to be a great help. The book is the last one written by the author and the depth of data presentation and analysis clearly indicates the professional maturity with which it has been written. Accordingly, the book is the final expression of the lifelong work and scholarship of Professor Mamdouh Shahin. The Arab Region has been the home of some of the earliest human civilisations and their history is also a continuum of human endeavours towards ensuring the access to water over an expanding space and time. The presentation of the important elements of history of the region as related to water will prove to be a rich reference.

Historical Introduction.- Physiography and Geology of the Arab Region.- Climate of the Arab Region.- Analysis of Precipitation Data.- Evaporation and Evapotranspiration.- Runoff and River Flow.- Wadis and Wadi Flow.- Erosion and sedimentation in drainage basins and in storage reservoirs.- Groundwater Resources.- Non-Conventional (New) Water Resources.- Water Storage.- Water Scarcity in the Arab Region-Major Problems and Attempts to alleviate their Impacts.

Reihe/Serie	Water Science and Technology Library ; 59
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 589 p. With online files/update.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
Schlagworte	Climate • groundwater • Non-conventional water resources • Rivers and wadi flow • Water conservation
ISBN-10	1-4020-4577-8 / 1402045778
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-4577-6 / 9781402045776
Zustand	Neuware