Overview
- Unique portrait of the water resources in the Arab region
- Scarcity of water resources; natural causes by the geographic location of the region and manmade caused by conflicts and lack of agreement between countries
- Measures to ease the impact of water scarcity on the population of the region
- The book is an ambitious attempt to summarise the topography, climate, surface hydrology and groundwater of the whole Arab region. It assembles a lot of material which is readily available only in consultants' reports and similar sources. There are a number of statistical tables covering these topics.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Water Science and Technology Library (WSTL, volume 59)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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Reviews
"The book is an ambitious attempt to summarise the topography, climate, surface hydrology and groundwater of the whole Arab Region. It assembles a lot of material which is readily available only in consultants' reports and similar sources. There are a number of statistical tables covering these topics."
"The book has involved an enormous amount of work, and would provide a useful introduction to those undertaking hydrological investigations in the Arab world."
John Sutcliffe, August 2005
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Resources and Hydrometeorology of the Arab Region
Authors: Mamdouh Shahin
Series Title: Water Science and Technology Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5414-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4577-6Published: 02 February 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8142-8Published: 21 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5414-3Published: 10 May 2007
Series ISSN: 0921-092X
Series E-ISSN: 1872-4663
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 589
Topics: Hydrogeology, Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Management and Policy, Climate Change, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Agriculture