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- PublicationA First Directory of Ethiopian Wetlands: Description, Ecosystem Services, Causes of Degradation & Recommendations for Restoration and Sustainability(2018)The book is the first directory, which provides a comprehensive description and overview of the ecosystem services of Ethiopian wetlands as well as an analysis of the causes of wetlands degradation with feasible options for the protection, restoration and sustainable management of wetlands.
- PublicationA participatory Irrigation Management (PIM): A Handbook for farmers organizations & field functionaries(2009)This book covers all key aspects of global warming with up-to-date and well-referenced information throughout. It provides a comprehensive analysis of debates around global warming and is likely to become a foundational text for student, scholars, policy makers, and citizens seeking clarity on this topic.
- PublicationADVANCED DAM ENGINEERING - For Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation(1988)This book presents advances in dam engineering that have been achieved in recent years or are under way. At tention is given to practical aspects of design, construction, operation and rehabilitation.
- PublicationAfrica Environment Outlook 2(2001)This book links ecological theory and principles with applied land-use decision making through concrete case studies of actual land-use decision-making processes.
- PublicationAn Economic evolution of new lands project in the national five year plan(1982/1983-1986/1987) , Volume II: Appendix 1: shadow prices, appendix 2: mechanization(1984)Volume I: Main report, Volume II: Appendix 1-Prices,2-Mechanization, Volume III: Appendix 3 Crop patterns, Volume IV: Appendix 4-Cost & Benefits stream.
- PublicationApplied climatology: principles and Practice(1997)Applied Climatology examines the characteristics and consequences of the changing global climate and considers the future for both natural and human environments.
- PublicationAppyling Ecological Principles to Land Management(2001)
; This book links ecological theory and principles with applied land-use decision making through concrete case studies of actual land-use decision-making processes. - PublicationClimate change and energy policy(1992)This book includes four parts: part one presents the latest information available on the status of the science of climate change. Part two explores the economics of energy alternatives in response to global warming. Part three focuses on climate change policy and decision making. Part four contains the results of panel discussions on the subjects of integrating climate change and energy policy.
- PublicationDams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures(2014)A comprehensive and complete overview of all kinds of dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures throughout the world, in 35 chapters, subdivided in five themes: I. Dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures €“ General; II. Embankment dams; III. Concrete dams; IV. Hydromechanical equipment and appurtenant hydraulic structures; V. Hydraulic schemes.
- PublicationDirection in development, reengaging in agricultural water management: challenges and option(2006)The book's main message is that AWM will be integrated into a broader perspective, one which embraces the objectives of productivity growth, poverty reduction, natural resources management and environmental protection.
- PublicationEmerging trends in watershed management(2010)Two themes are carried through this book. The first is an introduction to the concept of materials and energy balance as a tool for understanding environmental processes and solving environmental engineering problems. The second theme of the book is the concept of sustainability, and deals with topics of water conservation, sludge minimization in water treatment, land treatment of waste water, protection of ozone layer.
- PublicationEnvironment and Global Warming(2009)This book covers all key aspects of global warming with up-to-date and well-referenced information throughout. It provides a comprehensive analysis of debates around global warming and is likely to become a foundational text for student, scholars, policy makers, and citizens seeking clarity on this topic.
- PublicationEnvironmental flows in water resources policies, plans, and projects: findings and recommendations(2009)
; This report addresses on of the greatest shortcoming of water resource development projects: the inadequate protection of environmental flow conditions in rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and groundwater systems. - PublicationEnvironmental Hydraulics of Open Channel Flows(2004)This textbook is intended for students and professionals studying advanced topics in river and estuarine systems. This book contains the full range of subjects on open channel flows, including mixing and dispersion, Saint-Venant equations method of characteristics and interactions between flowing water and its surroundings (air entrainment, sediment transport).
- PublicationEnvironmental modeling : proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Ecology, Socio-economics and Health Engineering (WEESHE)(2005)The massage of this book center around the key challenges to agricultural water management, specially: building policy and incentives, designing institutional reforms, investing in irrigation systems improvement and modernization, investing in groundwater irrigation, investing in drainage and water quality management in multipurpose operations, coping with extreme climatic, and environmental impacts of agricultural water investments.
- PublicationEnvironmental Science: A global Concern(2010)
; This book deals with principles for understanding our environment, people in the environment, understanding and managing living systems, physical resources and environmental systems, and issues and policy. - PublicationFinancing Irrigation Services: a literature review and selected case studies from Asia(1989)This studies conclude that the quality of irrigation system operations and maintenance is affected not only by the amount of resources made available to operate and maintain systems, but also by the institutional arrangements under which they are provided.
- PublicationGeotechnical Engineering of Dams, 2nd Edition(2014)A comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The main emphasis of this work is on embankment dams.
- PublicationGuidelines for Instrumentation and Measurements for Monitoring Dam Performance(2000)This report presents the methodology and process for the selection, measurement instruments and techniques, installation, operation, maintenance, use, and evaluation of instrumentation and measurement systems for dams, appurtenant structures, their foundations, and environment.
- PublicationInternational Review for Environmental Strategies, Groundwater Management and policy its future alternatives(2006)This Issue aims to highlight importance of this "out of sight" sustainable resource, land-use control and legal regulation to protect it, and present new technologies and innovative solutions for groundwater management and policy.