Environmental resource management and the nexus approach : managing water, soil, and waste in the context of global change /: managing water, soil, and waste in the context of global change. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Reza Ardakanian, editors.
• Editors: Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan; Ardakanian, Reza
• Contents: 1. Managing Water, Soil, and Waste in the Context of Global Change (Hiroshan Hettiarachchi) -- Part 1. Climate Change Adaptation -- 2. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Water and Land Context (Zbigniew Kundzewicz) -- 3. Climate Change, Profligacy, Poverty and Destruction: All Things are Connected (Brian Moss) -- Part 2. Urbanization as a Main Driver of Global Change -- 4. A Nexus Approach to Urban and Regional Planning Using the Four Capital Framework of Ecological Economics (Robert Costanza) -- 5. The Urban Water-Energy Nexus: Building Resilience for Global Change in the 'Urban Century' (Christopher A. Scott) -- Part 3. Population Growth and Increased Demand for Resources -- 6. Role of Soils for Satisfying Global Demands for Food, Water, and Bioenergy (Winfried E.H. Blum) -- 7. Implications of the Nexus Approach when Assessing Water and Soil Quality as a Function of Solid and Liquid Waste Management (Johan Bouma).
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 209 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 333.77/15; Environment; Sustainable urban development; Integrated solid waste management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Integrated solid waste management; Sustainable urban development; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Climate change; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Hydrology & the hydrosphere; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmental management; Climatic changes; Urban Ecology; Technology & Engineering -- Environmental -- General; Environmental management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319285931; 3319285939; 3319285920; 9783319285924
• Related ISBNs: 9783319285924
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 12, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.