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Groundwater as a Key for Adaptation to Changing Climate and Society
The book presents an overview of recent advances in knowledge related to the assessment and management of groundwater resources, giving special attention to the uncertainties …
Island Futures
Islands face one of the most pressing issues of our time: how to balance ecological integrity with economic development and collective quality of life, including the need for …
Global Warming and Human - Nature Dimension in Northern Eurasia
This book describes the current environmental changes due to global warming in northern Eurasia, especially focusing on eastern Siberia. Spring flooding, ice-jam movements, and …
Vulnerability and Transformation of Indonesian Peatlands
This open access book deals with restoring degraded peatlands to help mitigate global warming, to which SDG 15 and SDG 13 are directly related. The book analyzes peatland …
The Sanitation Triangle
This open access book deals with global sanitation, where SDG 6.2 sets a target of enabling access to sanitation services for all, but has not yet been achieved in low- and …
The Dilemma of Boundaries
Water circulates continuously and seamlessly on Earth with little regard for the boundaries we draw. There are natural boundaries as between land and ocean and surface and …
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
This book highlights the water-energy-food nexus as one of the most important and fundamental global environmental issues facing the world. Climate and social changes are putting …
Social-Ecological Systems in Transition
This book presents an overview of current knowledge about social–ecological systems (SESs), a productive new field dedicated to understanding the relationships between human …
The Cultures of Water Management
This book assesses the importance of the cultural dimensions of water management, which differ from one region of the world to another, from humid Southeast Asia to arid parts of …
Living in the Megacity: Towards Sustainable Urban Environments
This book tackles the challenging issues raised by the growth of large megacities from diverse perspectives and approaches. The central question raised by the growth of megacities …
Local Governance of Peatland Restoration in Riau, Indonesia
This open access book is one in a series of four volumes introducing peatland conservation and restoration in Indonesia. It focuses on local governance, in particular on regional …