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Title: |
Yangtze River |
| Sub-title: |
Geography, Pollution & Environmental Implications |
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| Edited by: |
Tracy B Maloney, Boyce R Hutchins |
| ISBN10-13: |
162618285X : 9781626182851 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
230x155mm |
| Pages: |
109 |
| Weight: |
.234 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - July 2013 |
| List Price: |
106.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
The environment |
| The Yangtze River is Asia's longest river and the third longest river in the world. This book explores the Yangtze River's geography, pollution, and environmental implications. Topics discussed include chlorinated organic contaminants in surface sediments of the Yangtze River estuary and adjacent East China Sea; environmental and land-use changes in the Tibetan Plateau section of the Upper Yangtze River Basin during the last fifty years; hydro-development, the environmental and cultural sustainability of the Yangtze River; innovative solutions for the Yangtze River's water crisis; environmental flows research methodology in the rivers of China; and urban development and its impacts on energy and resource consumptions in the Yangtze River Delta. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Chlorinated Organic Contaminants in Surface Sediments of the Yangtze River Estuary & Adjacent East China SeaEnvironmental & Land-Use Changes in the Tibetan Plateau Section of the Upper Yangtze River Basin during the Last 50 Years; The Yangtze River: Hydro Development, Changing Geography, Cultural & Environmental Implications; Innovative Solutions for Yangtze River’s Water Crisis; The Research of Environmental Flows Methodology in Rivers of China; Urban Development & its Impacts on Energy & Resource Consumptions in the Yangtze River Delta: Trends & Future Prospects; Index. |
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