A comprehensive and detailed study on the scaling potential of calcium carbonate in
seawater reverse osmosis systems (SWRO), this book provides a new approach for …

The concept of productivity of water (PW) 1 is increasingly becoming a cornerstone for
sustainable river basin water resources management. Improving water productivity (WP), a …

Improving water productivity (WP) is one important strategy for addressing future water
scarcity, which is driven particularly by population growth and potential climate changes …

Global projections show that increases in agriculture water productivity (AWP) by 30 and
60% in rain-fed and irrigated agriculture, respectively, are required to ensure food security in …

In 1986, Vietnam opened up the country's economy by launching the Doi Moi (renovation)
policy, which made the process of economic liberalisation possible. Accordingly, Ho Chi …

Decreasing water availability per capita in more and more countries is the result of bad
management over the past centuries. The'world water crisis', however, is not inevitable. The …

Approximately 1.2 billion people in the world live in an area facing physical, or absolute,
water scarcity (defined as access to less than 1,000 cubic meters of water). This number is …

One perspective that is currently emerging in the disaster management field is that some
communities and countries are experiencing a confluence of worsening hazards that, when …

Improving water productivity (WP) is one important strategy for addressing future water
scarcity, which is driven particularly by increasing human population and potential climate …