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The complex interactions between water resources, land-use change and water technologies are a major issue in many emerging countries of Southern America. Usable water resources are affected by natural conditions, such as, strong seasonal contrasts and high climatic variability, and rapid changes of land use and land cover that is caused by the dramatic expansion of agricultural land and urbanization processes. So far, the effects of the changing climate have had minor effects on water resour...

The sixth in a successful series of symposia, this book contains the papers presented at BMC6 held in Warsaw, Poland in October 2000. The papers review the current status and developments in all aspects of brittle matrix composites associated with four main groups: high strength composites, brittle polymer composites, ceramics and cement based materials.

Water Services Management and Governance focuses on water services (water supply, wastewater services) and deals with connections between water resources and services and water resources. It covers water supply mainly in urban communities, sanitation and pollution control and water resources and their linkages to water services. This book is divided in to four key sections relating to governance frameworks, technology and socio-ecological interactions, government and governance, and long term...

Communication across the engineering/science?policy/management interface is difficult. The uncertainty and ignorance associated with the predictions upon which policies are based make that communication even more difficult. The UPEM symposium addressed the philosophy, approaches and tools associated with the analysis and communication of uncertainty and ignorance to decision-makers when tackling issues of water management, chemical risk assessment and integrated assessment. Particular attention...

The supply of healthy drinking water and disposal of our wastewater is a central problem. Solving this problem is one of the claims of the UN Millennium Development Goals, and consequently an obligation for all those involved with water to join efforts in finding solutions. Climate change, population growth, migration and urban sprawl are factors forcing us to reconsider the traditional approach to urban water management. The water supply and sanitation infrastructure currently in use worldwi...

Laboratory and greenhouse studies were conducted to characterize P forms, solubilities, and bioavailabilities in 12 biosolids, 3 animal manures, and a commercial fertilizer (TSP). The biosolids represented a variety of treatment and stabilization methods. Manures included dairy, poultry, and poultry litter. Two acid Florida sand soils of low and moderate P-sorbing capacities, and both deficient in available P, were used as growth media for a common pasture grass (bahiagrass). Amendments were app...

Free market mechanisms increasingly influence former monopoly sectors such as water and wastewater services with requirements for more transparency and efficiency. Small and large-scale consumers alike demand greater insight into how drinking water tariffs are structured and into the level of service. Public and private shareholders require guarantees on water supply at a reasonable price, with the requisite quality (both of service and product) and reliability together with careful eco-manageme...

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Despite the educational and professional advances made by minorities in recent decades, African Americans remain woefully underrepresented in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, and engineering. Even at its peak, in 2000, African American representation in engineering careers reached only 5.7 percent, while blacks made up 15 percent of the U.S. population. Some forty-five years after the Civil Rights Act sought to eliminate racial differences in education and employment, what do we m...