Water Risk Hotspots for Agriculture
Agriculture is expected to face increasing water risks that will impact production, markets, trade and food security - risks that can be mitigated with targeted policy actions on water hotspots....
The Land-Water-Energy Nexus: Biophysical and Economic Consequences
This report contributes to the discussion of interconnections between scarce resources by highlighting the nexus between land, water and energy (the LWE nexus). It focuses on a dynamic, integrated...
Treatment Wetlands
The ebook edition of this title is freely available as an Open Access text under a CC BY licence.
Treatment Wetlands is the seventh volume in the...
Wealth Creation without Pollution - Designing for Industry, Ecobusiness Parks and Industrial Estates
The development of eco-industrial parks and associated ‘ecological industry’ concepts offer progressive integrated approaches to resolve pollution problems from effluents and wastes of all kinds...
Hazardous Pollutants in Biological Treatment Systems: Fundamentals and a Guide to Experimental Research
Hazardous pollutants are a growing concern in treatment engineering. In the past, biological treatment was mainly used for the removal of bulk organic matter and the nutrients nitrogen and...
Large Risks with Low Probabilities: Perceptions and willingness to take preventive measures against flooding
This volume contains studies of one particular category of risky situations, namely, those involving highly negative consequences with low probabilities. Situations of this type involve both...
The Ocean Economy in 2030
This report explores the growth prospects for the ocean economy, its capacity for future employment creation and innovation, and its role in addressing global challenges. Special attention is...
Diffuse Pollution, Degraded Waters: emerging policy solutions
After decades of regulation and investment to reduce point source water pollution, OECD countries still face water quality challenges (e.g. eutrophication) from diffuse agricultural and urban...
Organic Waste Recycling: Technology, Management and Sustainability - 4th edition
This fourth edition of Organic Waste Recycling is fully updated with new material to create a comprehensive and accessible textbook:
- New chapter on constructed wetlands for...