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Tigris and Euphrates rivers : their environment from headwaters to mouth
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ISBN: 3030575705 3030575691 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,


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International Journal of Limnology.
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ISSN: 2100000X Year: 1965 Publisher: Paris : Paris : Toulouse : Les Ulis : Masson, Gauthier-Villars Université Paul Sabatier EDP Sciences


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Dryland Ecohydrology
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ISBN: 3030232697 3030232689 Year: 2019 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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By combining the analysis of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, this book synthesizes material on arid and semiarid landscapes, which was previously scattered among various books and journal articles. It focuses on water-limited ecosystems, which are highly sensitive to fluctuations in hydrologic conditions and, in turn, play an important role in affecting the regional water cycle. Intended as a tool for scientists working in the area of the earth and environmental sciences, this book presents the basic principles of eco-hydrology as well as a broad spectrum of topics and advances in this research field. Written by authors with diverse areas of expertise who work in arid areas around the world, the contributions describe the various interactions between the biological and physical dynamics in dryland ecosystems, ranging from basic processes in the soil-vegetation-climate system, to landscape-scale hydrologic and geomorphic processes, ecohydrologic controls on soil nutrient dynamics, and multiscale analyses of disturbances and patterns.


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Smart health systems : emerging trends
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ISBN: 981164201X 9811642001 Year: 2021 Publisher: Gateway East, Singapore : Springer,


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Water science.
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ISSN: 11104929 23570008 Publisher: [Qalubiya Province, Egypt] : National Water Research Center


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Emerging Chemicals and Human Health
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ISBN: 981329535X 9813295341 Year: 2019 Publisher: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,

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This book mainly focuses on advances made over the past 10 years on the exposure, metabolism, transformation, toxicity, molecular mechanism and biomarkers of emerging chemicals in humans. Emerging chemicals' pollution is a hot issue in the field of environmental health. Emerging chemicals refer to a class of compounds widely existing in the environment and potentially harmful to the ecological environment and human health. They are also the preferred substances for future environmental control. The list of emerging chemicals include human drugs and personal care products (PPCPs), endocrine disruptors (EDC), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), veterinary drugs and nanomaterials. However, the environmental and health hazard characteristics of most emerging chemicals are not clear. The aim of this book is to stimulate further research in new directions by providing novel and provocative insights into the exposure assessment and potential mechanisms of emerging chemicals in humans. It also offers a state-of-the-art report on recent discoveries concerning emerging chemicals and where the field is going.

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Pharmacology. --- Public health. --- Environmental health. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Public Health. --- Environmental Health. --- Environmental quality --- Health --- Health ecology --- Public health --- Environmental engineering --- Health risk assessment --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemicals --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Health aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Physiological effect --- Pollution --- Physiological effect. --- Contaminants persistents --- Salut pública --- Higiene pública --- Higiene social --- Salubritat --- Sanitat --- Sanitat pública --- Salut --- Serveis socials --- Abastament d'aigua --- Assistència sanitària --- Avaluació del risc per la salut --- Cementiris --- Contaminació --- Contaminació de l'aigua --- Cribratge --- Desinfecció --- Enginyeria sanitària --- Enterrament --- Epidemiologia --- Higiene ambiental --- Higiene escolar --- Higiene industrial --- Higiene rural --- Higiene veterinària --- Hospitals --- Inspecció dels aliments --- Infermeria de salut pública --- Malalties professionals --- Malalties infeccioses --- Manipulació dels aliments --- Medicina social --- Planificació sanitària --- Salut mental --- Salut mundial --- Salut pública dental --- Serveis sanitaris --- Soroll --- Veterinària preventiva --- Legislació sanitària --- Medicina preventiva --- Política sanitària --- Protecció del consumidor --- Sanejament --- Substàncies químiques persistents --- Contaminants


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Environmental Pollution of the Pearl River Estuary, China : Status and Impact of Contaminants in a Rapidly Developing Region
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ISBN: 3662618346 366261832X Year: 2020 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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The Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is the Western name for a very large estuary in southern China that is currently home to an industrial metropolis of staggering size, and one that is rapidly evolving. The Chinese name for the Pearl River is Zhujiang. Guangzhou lies at the head of the estuary, and Macau and Hong Kong are on the western and eastern sides, respectively, of the wide opening of the estuary to the South China Sea. The new cities of Zhuhai and Shenzhen lie immediately north of Macau and Hong Kong, respectively. The recent establishment of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), which covers the majority of the Pearl River Delta area, with a total population of over 70 million, will certainly put the PRE under strict environmental scrutiny. The PRE system itself will provide a model system for environmental scientists owing to its major anthropogenic perturbation and influences, as well as the highly dynamic nature of the estuary. This book addresses the major environmental concerns regarding this estuary, contaminants and other pollutants, e.g. toxic metals, organic contaminants and emerging compounds. Questions addressed here include: What are the sources of the contaminants? What have the environmental consequences of these contaminants been for the estuary? What will the future bring? The research presented here on the Pearl River Estuary offers a wealth of insights for other major contaminated estuaries around the world.


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Water law, policy and economics in Italy : between national autonomy and EU law constraints
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ISBN: 303069075X 3030690741 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the most important water-related issues that centre on Italy, analysed from several disciplinary perspectives – such as hydrology, economics, law, sociology, environmental sciences and policy studies – in order to promote full understanding of the challenges the country is facing and the ways it could best tackle them. Despite the misconception that Italy is a water-scarce country, is in fact quite rich in water resources. Such resources, however, are unevenly distributed over the Italian territory. Italy’s northern regions rely on quite an abundant quantity of freshwater, whereas in the southern area water endowment is limited. Moreover, climatic differences between North and South contribute to widen the divide. This disparity has notable consequences of socio-economic character, some of which, in turn, feed back into the environmental conditions of Italian regions: pollution, floods, landslides and droughts are among the problems affecting the country. There are numerous features of water use and consumption that distinguish Italy from other comparable countries, such as the significant role played by agriculture (a water-intensive activity), a lead position in the consumption of bottled water, lower-than-average prices of water and a far-from-optimal efficiency of waterworks. All such aspects, and many others, make Italy an essential case study.

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