Water: A Manual for Engineers Architects Planners and Managers

by Ashok Kumar Jain

ISBN: 9789383048861
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 17995.00
Biblio : vii+613p., figs., tabls.,bib., 25 cm

About The Book

The crisis of water all over has brought renewed focus on the urgent need for sustainable management of the water resource. This issue is interwined and integrated to cultural, historical, political economic and social development, which have bearing on the regional stability and international cooperation. Fast increasing population is leading to indiscriminate expansion of urban footprints on the landscape of India. This is putting unbearable pressure on the ever-dwindling water resource. Its s

Table of Contents

Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Accelerated Urban Water Supply Programme; Chapter 3: Agenda 21 and Sustainable Water Development; Chapter 4: Agriculture and Water Management; Chapter 5: Aquifers; Chapter 6: Bio-Drainage; Chapter 7: Coagulation and Flocculation; Chapter 8: Coastal Regulation Zone and Marine Pollution; Chapter 9: Drainage and Storm Water Management; Chapter 10: Drinking Water; Chapter 11: Drip Irrigation and Rainfed Agriculture; Chapter 12: Driving Rain Index; Chapter